CVE-2017-12839

Severity: high (CVSS 8.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-05-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

A heap-based buffer over-read in the getbits function in src/libmpg123/getbits.h in mpg123 through 1.25.5 allows remote attackers to cause a possible denial-of-service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted mp3 file.

Affected products

Mpg123: through 1.25.5

References

https://sourceforge.net/p/mpg123/bugs/255/
https://www.mpg123.de/
https://www.mpg123.de/cgi-bin/scm/mpg123/trunk/src/libmpg123/getbits.h?r1=2024&r2=4323&sortby=date
https://sourceforge.net/p/mpg123/bugs/255/
https://www.mpg123.de/
https://www.mpg123.de/cgi-bin/scm/mpg123/trunk/src/libmpg123/getbits.h?r1=2024&r2=4323&sortby=date

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