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TI-2007-05985 Aliases CVE-2007-6277GHSA-5955-gqmh-73gj

Multiple buffer overflows in Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) libFLAC before 1.2.1 allow…

Priority MEDIUM 50CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) libFLAC before 1.2.1 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via large (1) Metadata Block Size, (2) VORBIS Comment String Size, (3) Picture Metadata MIME-TYPE Size, (4) Picture Description Size, (5) Picture Data Length, (6) Padding Length, and (7) PICTURE Metadata width and height values in a .FLAC file, which result in a heap-based overflow; and large (8) VORBIS Comment String Size Length, (9) Picture MIME-Type, (10) Picture MIME-Type URL, and (11) Picture Description Length values in a .FLAC file, which result in a stack-based overflow. NOTE: some of these issues may overlap CVE-2007-4619.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.06742 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:flac:libflac:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.2VulnerableFLAC
  • cpe:2.3:a:flac:libflac:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.2 Vulnerable ·FLAC

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2007:0975 Released 2007-10-22 · Red Hat rating Important
    flac security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) flac-1.1.2-28.el5_0.1, flac-1.1.2-28.el5_0.1.i386, flac-1.1.2-28.el5_0.1.ia64 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 flac-1.1.0-7.el4_5.2, flac-1.1.0-7.el4_5.2.i386, flac-1.1.0-7.el4_5.2.ia64 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) flac-1.1.2-28.el5_0.1, flac-1.1.2-28.el5_0.1.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) flac-1.1.2-28.el5_0.1, flac-devel-1.1.2-28.el5_0.1, flac-devel-1.1.2-28.el5_0.1.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 flac-1.1.0-7.el4_5.2, flac-1.1.0-7.el4_5.2.i386, flac-devel-1.1.0-7.el4_5.2 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 flac-1.1.0-7.el4_5.2, flac-1.1.0-7.el4_5.2.i386, flac-1.1.0-7.el4_5.2.ia64 +6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 flac-1.1.0-7.el4_5.2, flac-1.1.0-7.el4_5.2.i386, flac-1.1.0-7.el4_5.2.ia64 +6

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2007:0975
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0975
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2007:0975
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2007:0975
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0975
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0975
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0975

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-6277
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5955-gqmh-73gj

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

Other 1

  • TI-2007-04471 Multiple integer overflows in Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) libFLAC before 1.2.1, as… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2007-05987 Multiple double free vulnerabilities in Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) libFLAC before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2014-07354 Heap-based buffer overflow in stream_decoder.c in libFLAC before 1.3.1 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2014-07313 Stack-based buffer overflow in stream_decoder.c in libFLAC before 1.3.1 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2007-05986 Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) libFLAC before 1.2.1 allows user-assisted remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3

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