NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting lame package, versions <3.99.5+repack1-3ubuntu1+esm3


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.06% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-LAME-350590
  • 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 Ubuntu:14.04 lame to version 3.99.5+repack1-3ubuntu1+esm3 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 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.