CVE-2007-0578

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-01-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The http_open function in httpget.c in mpg123 before 0.64 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by closing the HTTP connection early.

Affected products

Mpg123: 0.59m, 0.59n, 0.59o, 0.59p, 0.59q, 0.59r (+5)

References

http://osvdb.org/40128
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=135704&release_id=478747
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:032
http://www.mpg123.de/cgi-bin/news.cgi
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22274
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0366
http://osvdb.org/40128
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=135704&release_id=478747
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:032
http://www.mpg123.de/cgi-bin/news.cgi
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22274
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0366

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