CVE-2017-8374
The mad_bit_skip function in bit.c in Underbit MAD libmad 0.15.1b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted audio file.
02 Description
The mad_bit_skip function in bit.c in Underbit MAD libmad 0.15.1b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted audio file.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-05-01 01:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 16:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-04-30
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d5a9ac5d662e33626b506aab0ac5c60cd6d039d8eb7b1405245f555268276410
05 Affected products
06 References
- blogs.gentoo.orghttps://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/30/libmad-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-mad_bit_skip-bit-c/
- www.debian.orgDSA-4192https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4192
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180518 [SECURITY] [DLA 1380-1] libmad security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00011.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libmad Fixed in 0.15.1b-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libmad Fixed in 0.15.1b-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libmad Fixed in 0.15.1b-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libmad Fixed in 0.15.1b-9ubuntu14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libmad Fixed in 0.15.1b-9ubuntu16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libmad Fixed in 0.15.1b-9ubuntu18.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.