Out-of-bounds read - CVE-2017-11126
Published: July 10, 2017 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33527
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11126
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in The III_i_stereo function in libmpg123/layer3.c in mpg123 through 1.25.1. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted audio file that is mishandled in the code for the "block_type != 2" case, a similar issue to CVE-2017-9870.
Affected software
mpg123 (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2017-11126
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
mpg123 (Alpine package) - update to 1.25.4-r0