PT-2017-10034 · Libming · Libming

Agostino Sarubbo · Published 2017-03-03 · Updated 2017-03-27 · CVE-2016-9265

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Libming version 0.4.7

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a divide-by-zero error and application crash, via a crafted mp3 file. This is due to a problem in the printMP3Headers function in listmp3.c.

Recommendations For Libming version 0.4.7, consider avoiding the use of the printMP3Headers function until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the processing of crafted mp3 files to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Divide By Zero

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-369

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-9265

DLA-799-1

MGASA-2017-0070

Affected Products

Libming

References · 17

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9265 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0070.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9265 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9265 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9265 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9265 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0070 · Vendor Advisory
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/09/libming-listmp3-divide-by-zero-in-printmp3headers-list · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/10/9 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/6 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/4 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/2 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/10/10 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94252 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/10/11 · Note