CVE-2018-17095

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An issue has been discovered in mpruett Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6, 0.3.5, 0.3.4, 0.3.3, 0.3.2, 0.3.1, 0.3.0. A heap-based buffer overflow in Expand3To4Module::run has occurred when running sfconvert.

Published: 2018-09-16 Last update: 2025-08-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-17095 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.98%, 94th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-17095

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-17095

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 2026-04-02 12.53% 11.98% -0.55%
2 2026-01-30 12.83% 12.53% -0.29%
3 2026-01-18 — 12.83% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-17095

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-17095

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-17095

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2018-17095: 1 source package rows (audiofile); 3 state rows across 3 repos (3.22-community, 3.23-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 3. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-17095
debian low CVE-2018-17095 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (audiofile), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17095
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17095
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-17095 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (audiofile), 15 status rows across 15 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 9, released 3, ignored 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17095

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-17095

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
audiofile audiofile 0.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
audiofile audiofile 0.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
audiofile audiofile 0.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
audiofile audiofile 0.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
audiofile audiofile 0.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
audiofile audiofile 0.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
audiofile audiofile 0.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-17095

URL Tags
https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/50 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/51 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3800-1/ Patch Vendor Advisory
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