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

Published 2017-05-01 · 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: 0.022 (82.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Underbit Mad Libmad — versions 0.15.1b

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/30/libmad-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-mad_bit_sk… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4192 (vendor-advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00011.html (mailing-list)

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.