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CVE-2017-11552

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.0160%

EPSS Percentile35.10th

PublishedAug 1, 2017

Last ModifiedMay 13, 2026

Vulnerability 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.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦

Underbit

Mad Libmad

= 0.15.1b

References & Advisories

🔗 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/94

🔗 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=870406

🔗 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42409/

🔗 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/94

🔗 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=870406

🔗 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42409/

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