CVE-2017-12839

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-12839
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-05-09 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-05-10 14:14:00 UTC
DescriptionA heap-based buffer over-read in the getbits function in src/libmpg123/getbits.h in mpg123 through 1.25.5 allows remote attackers to cause a possible denial-of-service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted mp3 file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mpg123 Mpg123 All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
mpg123, Fast MP3 Player for Linux and UNIX systems MISC www.mpg123.de Product, Vendor Advisory
mpg123 / Bugs / #255 Heap-buffer-overflow (out-of-bound read) when decoding frame layer2 MISC sourceforge.net Exploit, Third Party Advisory
[mpg123] Diff of /trunk/src/libmpg123/getbits.h MISC www.mpg123.de Patch, Vendor Advisory
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