CVE-2017-6888

2018-04-2500:00:00

ubuntu.com

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

58.2%

JSON

An error in the “read_metadata_vorbiscomment_()” function
(src/libFLAC/stream_decoder.c) in FLAC version 1.3.2 can be exploited to
cause a memory leak via a specially crafted FLAC file.

Bugs

<https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=897015>

Notes

Author	Note
mdeslaur	code is different in chromium-browser, doesn’t look affected

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchflac< 1.3.2-1ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchflac< 1.3.0-2ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-onlyUNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchflac< 1.3.1-4ubuntu0.1~esm1) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-onlyUNKNOWN
ubuntu18.04noarchpraat< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchpraat< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchpraat< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu23.10noarchpraat< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu24.04noarchpraat< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchpraat< anyUNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	flac	< 1.3.2-1ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	flac	< 1.3.0-2ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	flac	< 1.3.1-4ubuntu0.1~esm1) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	praat	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	praat	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	praat	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	23.10	noarch	praat	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	24.04	noarch	praat	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	praat	< any	UNKNOWN