Is CVE-2015-7747 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2015-7747 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2015-7747?

CVE-2015-7747 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2015-7747?

CVE-2015-7747 has an EPSS score of 8.80% (95th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2015-7747?

Upgrade audiofile on debian 11 to 0.3.6-3 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2015-7747

HIGHEPSS 95th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in the afReadFrames function in audiofile (aka libaudiofile and Audio File Library) allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted audio file, as demonstrated by sixteen-stereo-to-eight-mono.c.

CWE-120Classic Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

audiofileDebian

Fixed in:0.3.6-3CVE-2015-7747

audiofileUbuntu

Fixed in:0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-2787-1

libaudiofile1Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-2787-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

8.80%probability of exploitation in 30 days

95thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory5

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-120 (Classic Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0195	Medium	6.8	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-7269	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2019-11043	High	8.7	99%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2011-4862	High	10.0	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2007-5659	High	7.8	94%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-3786	High	7.5	91%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-08-13.