Vulnerability in Audiofile

CVE-2022-24599

In autofile Audio File Library 0.3.6, there exists one memory leak vulnerability in printfileinfo, in printinfo.c, which allows an attacker to leak sensitive information via a crafted file. The printfileinfo function calls the copyrightstring function to get data, however, it dosn't use zero bytes to truncate the data.

EPSS: 0.017 (75.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-24599?
CVE-2022-24599 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Audiofile, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-02-24.
How severe is CVE-2022-24599?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-24599 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.