CVE-2017-11552

medium

Published 2017-08-01 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

mpg321.c in mpg321 0.3.2-1 does not properly manage memory for use with libmad 0.15.1b, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption seen in a crash in the mad_decoder_run function in decoder.c in libmad) via a crafted MP3 file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-42409 dos linux

qflb.wu · 2017-08-01

libmad 0.15.1b - 'mp3' Memory Corruption

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`0.3.2-2`
sid	Fixed	`0.3.2-2`
forky	Fixed	`0.3.2-2`
bullseye	Fixed	`0.3.2-2`
bookworm	Fixed	`0.3.2-2`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
underbit	mad_libmad	`0.15.1b`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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