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CVE-2017-15045 json

LAME 3.99, 3.99.1, 3.99.2, 3.99.3, 3.99.4, 3.99.5, 3.98.4, 3.98.2 and 3.98 has a heap-based buffer over-read in fill_buffer in libmp3lame/u…

published 2017-10-06 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-6520

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

LAME 3.99, 3.99.1, 3.99.2, 3.99.3, 3.99.4, 3.99.5, 3.98.4, 3.98.2 and 3.98 has a heap-based buffer over-read in fill_buffer in libmp3lame/util.c, related to lame_encode_buffer_sample_t in libmp3lame/lame.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-9410.

Patch / fix

  • lame Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.99.5+repack1-8

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15045

  • lame Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 3.99.5+repack1-3ubuntu1+esm2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15045

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • lame Arch Linux 3.100-1

arch linux advisories AVG-330

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-2017-15045 updated cvss 3.3

lame: Multiple vulnerabilities

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 lame, lame-libs
    affected: no fix available

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

0.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • sourceforge.net https://sourceforge.net/p/lame/bugs/478/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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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