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Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-6277 · published 7 December 2007

CVE-2007-6277: Libflac memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Flac · Libflac

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.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 6.7% · top 6.3% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
6.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20071115.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28548
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3423
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1469
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/544656 PatchUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483765/100/200/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018974 Patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10435
http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20071115.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28548
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3423
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1469
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/544656 PatchUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483765/100/200/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018974 Patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10435

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-6277), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.