NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting lame package, versions <3.100-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-LAME-350589
  • published5 Oct 2017
  • disclosed5 Oct 2017

Introduced: 5 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15019  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 lame to version 3.100-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream lame package and not the lame package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

LAME 3.99.5 has a NULL Pointer Dereference in the hip_decode_init function within libmp3lame/mpglib_interface.c via a malformed mpg file, because of an incorrect calloc call.