What is CVE-2017-7697?

CVE-2017-7697 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libsamplerate Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-04-11.

How severe is CVE-2017-7697?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-7697 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Out-of-bounds Read in Libsamplerate Project

CVE-2017-7697

In libsamplerate before 0.1.9, a buffer over-read occurs in the calc_output_single function in src_sinc.c via a crafted audio file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-04-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libsamplerate Project
Debian Linux — versions 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

github.com/erikd/libsamplerate/issues/11 (Patch, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/97587 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00010.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7697?: CVE-2017-7697 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libsamplerate Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-04-11.
How severe is CVE-2017-7697?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-7697 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.