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CVE-2017-11550 json

The id3_ucs4_length function in ucs4.c in libid3tag 0.15.1b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL Pointer Dereference…

published 2017-07-31 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-3166

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The id3_ucs4_length function in ucs4.c in libid3tag 0.15.1b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL Pointer Dereference and application crash) via a crafted mp3 file.

Patch / fix

  • libid3tag Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.15.1b-9

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11550

  • libid3tag SLED 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP2, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP3 +3 more 0.15.1b-184.3.1
  • libid3tag SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 0.15.1b-132.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:0722-1SUSE-SU-2018:0715-1

  • libid3tag Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +6 more 0.16.2-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-11550

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libid3tag Azure Linux 3.0 0.16.3-7

azure linux advisories AZL-36951

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

  • libid3tag Arch Linux 0.15.1b-6

arch linux advisories AVG-632

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-11550 updated cvss 3.3

libid3tag: NULL Pointer Dereference in id3_ucs4_length function in ucs4.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libid3tag Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libid3tag
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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