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CVE-2017-15019

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Oct 05, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
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
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15019
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

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

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LameLame_project3.99.5 (including)3.99.5 (including)
LameUbuntuartful*
LameUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
LameUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
LameUbuntutrusty*
LameUbuntutrusty/esm*
LameUbuntuupstream*
LameUbuntuxenial*
LameUbuntuzesty*

Potential Mitigations

References

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