CVE-2015-7805

critical
Published 2015-11-17 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
VIR risk
9.3

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in libsndfile 1.0.25 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via the headindex value in the header in an AIFF file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.0.25-10
debian debianbullseyefixed1.0.25-10
debian debianforkyfixed1.0.25-10
debian debiansidfixed1.0.25-10
debian debiantrixiefixed1.0.25-10
suse suse13.1affected
suse suse13.2affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mega-nerdlibsndfile1.0.25

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.