PT-2017-16657 · Mp3Splt+1 · Libmp3Splt+1

Agostino Sarubbo · Published 2017-03-01 · Updated 2017-03-03 · CVE-2017-5665

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 libmp3splt version 0.9.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash due to a NULL pointer dereference. This is achieved by exploiting the splt cue export to file function in cue.c via a crafted file.

Recommendations For libmp3splt version 0.9.2, consider avoiding the use of the splt cue export to file function until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the processing of crafted 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.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-5665

Affected Products

Debian

Libmp3Splt

References · 10

• 🔥 https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/01/29/mp3splt-null-pointer-dereference-in-splt_cue_export_to_file-cue-c · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5665 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5665 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5665 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5665 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5665 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5665 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5665 · Vendor Advisory
• https://sourceforge.net/p/mp3splt/bugs/209 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/95906 · Note