What is CVE-2017-12911?

CVE-2017-12911 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mp3gain, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-07.

How severe is CVE-2017-12911?

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

Is CVE-2017-12911 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Mp3gain

CVE-2017-12911

The "apetag.c" file in MP3Gain 1.5.2.r2 has a vulnerability which results in a stack memory corruption when opening a crafted MP3 file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.009 (54.5th 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

Mp3gain — versions 1.5.2
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

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12911?: CVE-2017-12911 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mp3gain, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-12911?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-12911 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.