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CVE-2017-12797

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-08-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-190

Description

Integer overflow in the INT123_parse_new_id3 function in the ID3 parser in mpg123 before 1.25.5 on 32-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

• Mpg123: through 1.25.4

References

• https://sourceforge.net/p/mpg123/bugs/254/
• https://sourceforge.net/p/mpg123/mailman/message/35987663/
• https://sourceforge.net/p/mpg123/bugs/254/
• https://sourceforge.net/p/mpg123/mailman/message/35987663/

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