CVE-2007-6278

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.

Published: 2007-12-07 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-6278 is rated High Risk (68.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.46%). EPSS rose +1.31% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6278

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-20 1.14% 2.46% +1.31%
2 2025-08-07 1.33% 1.14% -0.19%
3 2025-06-10 — 1.33% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6278

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-6278

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-6278

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2007-6278 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (flac), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6278
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6278
ubuntu low CVE-2007-6278 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (flac), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): not-affected 3, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-6278

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2007-6278

  • Red Hat (2007-12-11T00:00:00)

    Red Hat does not consider this a security issue. The downloading of arbitrary files will be harmless unless there is a vulnerability in the application handling these other filetypes.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6278

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
flac libflac <= 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:flac:libflac:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6278

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