CVE-2017-8372

MEDIUM4.7EPSS 0.38%

libmad - security update

Published: 5/1/2017Modified: 4/28/2026

Description

The mad_layer_III function in layer3.c in Underbit MAD libmad 0.15.1b, if NDEBUG is omitted, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted audio file.

Affected packages (4)

Alpine/libmadfrom 0, < 0.15.1b-r9
Debian/libmadfrom 0, < 0.15.1b-9
Debian/libmadfrom 0, < 0.15.1b-7+deb7u1
Debian/libmadfrom 0, < 0.15.1b-8+deb8u1

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM4.7	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References (2)

ADVISORYhttps://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-8372
ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8372