CVE-2015-7805 (GCVE-0-2015-7805)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-11-17 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:58
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2015-10-13 00:00
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