CVE-2017-15019

high

Published 2017-10-05 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

7.8

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.8

Description

LAME 3.99.5 has a NULL Pointer Dereference in the hip_decode_init function within libmp3lame/mpglib_interface.c via a malformed mpg file, because of an incorrect calloc call.

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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OS impact

Arch Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Fixed	`3.100-1`

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`3.100-1`
sid	Fixed	`3.100-1`
forky	Fixed	`3.100-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`3.100-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`3.100-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
lame_project	lame	`3.99.5`

References

CWEs

CWE-476

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

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.