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CVE-2004-0991

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-01-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in mpg123 before 0.59s-r9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via frame headers in MP2 or MP3 files.

Affected products

• Mpg123: 0.59m, 0.59n, 0.59o, 0.59p, 0.59q, 0.59r (+1)
• Suse Linux: 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/13779
• http://secunia.com/advisories/13788
• http://secunia.com/advisories/13899
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-14.xml
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:009
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12218
• http://secunia.com/advisories/13779
• http://secunia.com/advisories/13788
• http://secunia.com/advisories/13899
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-14.xml
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:009
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12218

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