Out-of-bounds read in lame - CVE-2017-9870
Published: June 25, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38815
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9870
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local 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 boundary error in The III_i_stereo function in layer3.c in mpglib, as used in libmpgdecoder.a in LAME 3.99.5 and other products,. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted audio file that is mishandled in the code for the "block_type == 2" case, a similar issue to CVE-2017-11126.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-9870
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.