What is CVE-2017-14408?

CVE-2017-14408 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mp3gain, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-13.

How severe is CVE-2017-14408?

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

Is CVE-2017-14408 known to be exploited?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Mp3gain

CVE-2017-14408

A stack-based buffer over-read was discovered in dct36 in layer3.c in mpglibDBL, as used in MP3Gain version 1.5.2. The vulnerability causes an application crash, which leads to remote denial of service.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-09-13 · 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: 0.011 (64.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mp3gain — versions 1.5.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

andir/nixos-issue-db-example

References

blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/08/mp3gain-stack-based-buffer-overflow-in-dct36-mp… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14408?: CVE-2017-14408 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mp3gain, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2017-14408?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-14408 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.