CVE-2017-12562

critical

Published 2017-08-05 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

9.8

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

CVSS v2

7.5

VIR risk

9.8

Description

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the psf_binheader_writef function in common.c in libsndfile through 1.0.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12562

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12562.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/292

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
arch		fixed	`1.0.31-1`
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1.0.28-3`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1.0.28-3`
debian	forky	fixed	`1.0.28-3`
debian	sid	fixed	`1.0.28-3`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1.0.28-3`
debian	9.0	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
libsndfile_project	libsndfile	`1.0.28`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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