Out-of-bounds read in lame - CVE-2015-9101
Published: June 25, 2017 / Updated: August 5, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33999
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-2015-9101
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 fill_buffer_resample function in util.c in libmp3lame.a in LAME 3.99.5. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted audio file.
Affected software
lame
busybox (Alpine package)
lame (Alpine package)
firefox-esr (Alpine package)
busybox (Alpine package)
lame (Alpine package)
firefox-esr (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2015-9101
Update to version 3.100.
lame - update to 3.100
lame (Alpine package) - update to 3.99.5-r6
lame (Alpine package) - update to 3.99.5-r6