What is CVE-2017-11551?

CVE-2017-11551 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libid3tag Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-07-31.

How severe is CVE-2017-11551?

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

Is CVE-2017-11551 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Libid3tag Project

CVE-2017-11551

The id3_field_parse function in field.c in libid3tag 0.15.1b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OOM) via a crafted MP3 file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.014 (70.6th 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

Libid3tag_project Libid3tag — versions 0.15.1b
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

andir/nixos-issue-db-example

References

cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11551?: CVE-2017-11551 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libid3tag Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-07-31.
How severe is CVE-2017-11551?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-11551 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.