What is CVE-2018-10778?

CVE-2018-10778 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mp3gain, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-05-07.

How severe is CVE-2018-10778?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-10778 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-2018-10778

Read access violation in the III_dequantize_sample function in mpglibDBL/layer3.c in mp3gain through 1.5.2-r2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-9872 and CVE-2017-14409.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-05-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.5% 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

docs.google.com/document/d/11qVnW4frI-9PGRVkSOGb9IaF3ylzrc32bJXyO1OsfQM/edit (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10778?: CVE-2018-10778 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mp3gain, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-05-07.
How severe is CVE-2018-10778?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-10778 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.