CVE-2017-11126 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2017-11126?

CVE-2017-11126 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Jul 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 III_i_stereo function in libmpg123/layer3.c in mpg123 through 1.25.1 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-2017-9870.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-11126?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mpg123 Mpg123.

How do I fix CVE-2017-11126?

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-2017-11126 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-11126 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2009-1301 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-1284 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-0982 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2017-12839 Memory corruption in n/a High 8.3
• CVE-2014-9497 Buffer overflow in mpg123 before 1.18.0. High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-11126, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11126, GHSA-mfqq-9fqv-736q, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11126.