CVE-2017-12912 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A crafted MP3 file causes a read access violation in MP3Gain, potentially crashing the application.

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-2017-12912?

CVE-2017-12912 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Sep 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 "mpglibDBL/layer3.c" file in MP3Gain 1.5.2.r2 has a vulnerability which results in a read access violation when opening a crafted MP3 file.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12912?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mp3gain Mp3gain.

How do I fix CVE-2017-12912?

No fix published yet.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2017-12912 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12912 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12912, GHSA-pm2r-jj23-6p42.

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