PT-2017-18298 · Underbit Technologies+1 · Libmad+1

Agostino Sarubbo · Published 2017-05-01 · Updated 2022-10-26 · CVE-2017-8372

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libmad version 0.15.1b

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an assertion failure and application exit, via a crafted audio file. This is related to the mad layer III function in layer3.c, specifically when NDEBUG is omitted.

Recommendations For libmad version 0.15.1b, consider defining NDEBUG to prevent the assertion failure, or avoid using the mad layer III function until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Assertion Failure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-617

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-8372

DLA-1380-1

DSA-4192-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_3782-1

SUSE-SU-2022:3782-1

SUSE-SU-2022_3782-1

Affected Products

Suse

Libmad

References · 19

• 🔥 https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/30/libmad-assertion-failure-in-layer3-c · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8372 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-8372 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8372 · Security Note
• https://debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4192 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8372 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4192-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:3782-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8372 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8372 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8372 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8372 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1036968 · Note
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00011.html · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1036969 · Note