UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12797

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12797
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12797.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12797
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Published
2017-08-29T15:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-14T16:47:27Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Integer overflow in the INT123parsenew_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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / mpg123

Package

Name
mpg123
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mpg123@1.16.0-1ubuntu1.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.16.0-1ubuntu1.1+esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.15.3-1ubuntu1
1.16.0-1ubuntu1
1.16.0-1ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libmpg123-0",
            "binary_version": "1.16.0-1ubuntu1.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmpg123-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.16.0-1ubuntu1.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mpg123",
            "binary_version": "1.16.0-1ubuntu1.1+esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}