What is CVE-2015-9099?

CVE-2015-9099 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lame_project Lame, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-06-25.

How severe is CVE-2015-9099?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Lame_project Lame

CVE-2015-9099

The lame_init_params function in lame.c in libmp3lame.a in LAME 3.99.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and application crash) via a crafted audio file with a negative sample rate.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.014 (69.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Lame_project Lame — versions 3.99.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-9099?: CVE-2015-9099 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lame_project Lame, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-06-25.
How severe is CVE-2015-9099?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.