Vulnerability · Published Feb 22, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-24599
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the audiofile package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 78% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 22.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | audiofile | 0.3.6-5+deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24599 |
| Debian:13 | audiofile | 0.3.6-6 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24599 |
| Debian:14 | audiofile | 0.3.6-6 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24599 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | audiofile | 0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.22.04.1 | USN-6558-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | audiofile | 0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24599 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/60
- [debian-lts-announce] 20231112 [SECURITY] [DLA 3650-1] audiofile security update mailing-list
- FEDORA-2023-47d4f575a3 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2023-e23e432cb2 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2023-07669abb35 vendor-advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00020.html