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Vulnerability details: VCID-aeat-dx5y-dfgr
Vulnerability ID VCID-aeat-dx5y-dfgr
Aliases CVE-2017-6838
Summary audiofile: Signed integer overflow in sfconvert.c
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-6838.json
epss 0.05773 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-6838
epss 0.05773 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-6838
epss 0.05773 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-6838
epss 0.05773 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-6838
epss 0.05773 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-6838
epss 0.05773 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-6838
epss 0.05773 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-6838
epss 0.05773 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-6838
cvssv2 6.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6838
cvssv3 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6838
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-205
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-6838.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-6838
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-multiple-ubsan-crashes/
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://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/antlarr/audiofile/commit/7d65f89defb092b63bcbc5d98349fb222ca73b3c
https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/41
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3814
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/13/9
1432943 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1432943
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-6838 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6838
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-2017-6838.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

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

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low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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

network

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medium

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multiple

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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6838
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

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/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-2017-6838
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 0.90439
EPSS Score 0.05773
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:31:49.816663+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-6838.json 38.0.0