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TI-2007-05986 Aliases CVE-2007-6278GHSA-3jhf-59jq-5cpv

Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) libFLAC before 1.2.1 allows user-assisted remote…

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) libFLAC before 1.2.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to force a client to download arbitrary files via the MIME-Type URL flag (-->) for the FLAC image file in a crafted .FLAC file.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0212 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

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

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-6278
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3jhf-59jq-5cpv

References

Patch 1

Advisory 2

  • TI-2007-05985 Multiple buffer overflows in Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) libFLAC before 1.2.1 allow… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • 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

Sources

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