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CVE-2017-9870

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• 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: 2017-06-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The III_i_stereo function in layer3.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 that is mishandled in the code for the "block_type == 2" case, a similar issue to CVE-2017-11126.

Affected products

• Lame Project Lame: 3.99.5

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99287
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/06/17/lame-global-buffer-overflow-in-iii_i_stereo-layer3-c/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99287
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/06/17/lame-global-buffer-overflow-in-iii_i_stereo-layer3-c/

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