CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-15019

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Oct 05, 2017 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
3.3 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW

LAME 3.99.5 has a NULL Pointer Dereference in the hip_decode_init function within libmp3lame/mpglib_interface.c via a malformed mpg file, because of an incorrect calloc call.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Lame Lame_project 3.99.5 (including) 3.99.5 (including)
Lame Ubuntu artful *
Lame Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Lame Ubuntu trusty *
Lame Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Lame Ubuntu upstream *
Lame Ubuntu xenial *
Lame Ubuntu zesty *

Potential Mitigations

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