Out-of-bounds read in mpg123 - CVE-2017-9545
Published: July 27, 2017 / Updated: November 12, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33528
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9545
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote 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 within the next_text() function in src/libmpg123/id3.c of the ID3v2 parser. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
mpg123
mpg123 (Alpine package)
mpg123 (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2017-9545
Install update from vendor's website.
mpg123 - update to 1.25.4
mpg123 (Alpine package) - update to 1.25.4-r0
mpg123 (Alpine package) - update to 1.25.4-r0