Buffer overflow in Clementine-Player Clementine
CVE-2021-40827
Clementine Music Player through 1.3.1 (when a GLib 2.0.0 DLL is used) is vulnerable to a Read Access Violation on Block Data Move, affecting the MP3 file parsing functionality at memcpy+0x265. The vulnerability is triggered when the user opens a crafted MP3 file or loads a remote stream URL that is mishandled by Clementine. Attackers could exploit this issue to cause a crash (DoS) of the clementine.exe process or achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current logged-in Windows user.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.012 (64.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Clementine-player Clementine
- Microsoft Windows
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-40827?
- CVE-2021-40827 is a high-severity vulnerability in Clementine-Player Clementine, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-12-15.
- How severe is CVE-2021-40827?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.