CVE-2017-9869

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2017-9869 · Published 25/06/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-9869 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting lame (lame project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.1%, higher than 90.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
lame lame_project	`= 3.99.5`	No fix yet

Description

The II_step_one function in layer2.c in mpglib, as used in libmpgdecoder.a in LAME 3.99.5 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted audio file.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/99272 · Third Party Advisory
blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/06/17/lame-global-buffer-overflow-in-ii_step_one-layer2-c · Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com/exploits/42258

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

lame

lame_project

= 3.99.5

No fix yet

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