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Vulnerability details: VCID-913x-rwya-xbgt
Vulnerability ID VCID-913x-rwya-xbgt
Aliases CVE-2017-6836
Summary audiofile: Heap-based buffer overflow in Expand3To4Module::run
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-6836.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-6836
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-expand3to4modulerun-simplemodule-h/
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6827
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6828
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6829
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6830
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6831
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6832
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6833
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6834
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6835
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6836
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6837
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6838
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6839
https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/40
https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/pull/42
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3814
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/13/8
1432937 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1432937
857651 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=857651
ASA-201708-9 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201708-9
AVG-205 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-205
cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-6836 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6836
USN-3241-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3241-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-6836.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

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none

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none

required

unchanged

changed

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none

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low

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low

none

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6836
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

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multiple

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none

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6836
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.89652
EPSS Score 0.04984
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:31:49.756562+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-6836.json 38.0.0