A buffer over-read flaw was found in the way flac processed certain ID3v2 metadata. An attacker could create a specially crafted FLAC audio file that could cause an application using the flac library to crash when the file was read.
Find out more about CVE-2014-8962 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (flac) | RHSA-2015:0767 | 2015-04-01 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (flac) | RHSA-2015:0767 | 2015-04-01 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | flac | Will not fix |
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