What is CVE-2017-8374?

CVE-2017-8374 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Underbit Mad Libmad, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-05-01.

How severe is CVE-2017-8374?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Underbit Mad Libmad

CVE-2017-8374

The mad_bit_skip function in bit.c in Underbit MAD libmad 0.15.1b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted audio file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.022 (81.1th 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

Underbit Mad_libmad — versions 0.15.1b
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8374?: CVE-2017-8374 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Underbit Mad Libmad, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2017-8374?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.