CVE-2015-9099 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted audio file with a negative sample rate in the LAME MP3 encoder library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-9099?
CVE-2015-9099 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Jun 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The lame_init_params function in lame.c in libmp3lame.a in LAME 3.99.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and application crash) via a crafted audio file with a negative sample rate.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-9099?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Lame Project Lame.
How do I fix CVE-2015-9099?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2015-9099 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-9099 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2015-9099, DEBIAN-CVE-2015-9099, GHSA-v3xc-v7v7-j3m4, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9099.