Out-of-bounds read in mpg123 - CVE-2017-10683
Published: June 30, 2017 / Updated: November 12, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38796
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-2017-10683
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 heap-based buffer over-read within the convert_latin1() function in libmpg123/id3.c of the ID3v2 parser. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service attack.
Affected software
mpg123
How to mitigate CVE-2017-10683
Install update from vendor's website.
mpg123 - update to 1.25.1