What is CVE-2017-12797?

CVE-2017-12797 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mpg123, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-08-29.

How severe is CVE-2017-12797?

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

Integer overflow in Mpg123

CVE-2017-12797

Integer overflow in the INT123_parse_new_id3 function in the ID3 parser in mpg123 before 1.25.5 on 32-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

Published 2017-08-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mpg123

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

sourceforge.net/p/mpg123/mailman/message/35987663/ (Third Party Advisory)
sourceforge.net/p/mpg123/bugs/254/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12797?: CVE-2017-12797 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mpg123, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-08-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-12797?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.