NULL pointer dereference in lame - CVE-2017-13712
Published: August 28, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38412
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13712
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: lame.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
lame
lame
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the id3v2AddAudioDuration function in libmp3lame/id3tag.c in LAME 3.99.5 allows attackers to perform Denial of Service by triggering a NULL first argument. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-13712
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.