Out-of-bounds read in lame - CVE-2017-15018
Published: October 5, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38134
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-2017-15018
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 heap-based buffer over-read when handling a malformed file in k_34_4 in vbrquantize.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
Affected software
lame
Arch Linux
Arch Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2017-15018
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.