What is CVE-2017-15046?

CVE-2017-15046 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lame Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-10-06.

How severe is CVE-2017-15046?

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

Is CVE-2017-15046 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Lame Project

CVE-2017-15046

LAME 3.99.5, 3.99.4, 3.98.4, 3.98.2, 3.98 and 3.97 have a stack-based buffer overflow in unpack_read_samples in frontend/get_audio.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-9412.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-10-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 52.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Lame Project — versions 3.97, 3.98, 3.98.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

sourceforge.net/p/lame/bugs/479/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15046?: CVE-2017-15046 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lame Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2017-15046?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-15046 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.