VDB-100811 · CVE-2017-8419 · Qualys 276971

LAME up to 3.99.5 Audio Header memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in LAME up to 3.99.5. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Audio Header Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-8419. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in LAME up to 3.99.5. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Audio Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

LAME through 3.99.5 relies on the signed integer data type for values in a WAV or AIFF header, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow or heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, as demonstrated by mishandling of num_channels.

The bug was discovered 05/02/2017. The weakness was released 05/02/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at sourceforge.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-8419 since 05/02/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 276971 (Fedora Security Update for lame (FEDORA-2017-9c29af2c64)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-102795, VDB-102796, VDB-104569 and VDB-104570. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for lame FEDORA-2017-9c29af2c64
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: sourceforge.net
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-8419 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-8419
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-100811
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-8419 - LAME - Buffer Overflow Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/02/2017 22:37
Updated: 09/23/2020 09:01
Changes: 05/02/2017 22:37 (61), 09/23/2020 09:01 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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