CVE-2017-16898

MEDIUM

libming < 0.4.8 - Denial of Service via Crafted MP3 File

Title source: llm

Description

The printMP3Headers function in util/listmp3.c in libming v0.4.8 or earlier is vulnerable to a global buffer overflow, which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-9264.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00014.html

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/75

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0082

EPSS Percentile 52.6%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (1)

libming/libming < 0.4.8

Published Nov 20, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026