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medium 5.5

CVE-2019-14247 json

The scan() function in mad.c in mpg321 0.3.2 allows remote attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds write via a zero bitrate in an MP3 file.

published 2019-07-24 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-5487

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The scan() function in mad.c in mpg321 0.3.2 allows remote attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds write via a zero bitrate in an MP3 file.

Patch / fix

  • mpg321 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.3.2-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14247

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-2019-14247 updated cvss 5.5

mpg321: out-of-bounds write via a zero bitrate in an MP3 file

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 mpg123, mpg123-libs, mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 mpg123, mpg123-libs, mpg123-plugins-pulseaudio
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

1.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • sourceforge.net https://sourceforge.net/p/mpg321/bugs/51/ 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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