CVE-2017-9869

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-06-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

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.

Affected products

Lame Project Lame: 3.99.5

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99272
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/06/17/lame-global-buffer-overflow-in-ii_step_one-layer2-c/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42258/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99272
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/06/17/lame-global-buffer-overflow-in-ii_step_one-layer2-c/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42258/

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