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CVE-2017-11552 json

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…

published 2017-08-01 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-3168

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.5%
EPSS 6.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • mpg321 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.3.2-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11552

  • libmad Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +11 more 0.15.1b-r9

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-11552

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-11552 updated cvss 3.3

libmad: Memory corruption via crafted mp3 file

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-42409)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-42409 libmad 0.15.1b - 'mp3' Memory Corruption dos, 2017-08-01
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/94 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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