{"id":"CVE-2017-11552","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-11552","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:17:08.572Z","title":"mpg321.c in mpg321 0.3.2-1 does not properly manage memory for use with libmad 0.15.1b, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption seen in a crash in the mad_decoder_run function in decoder.c in libmad) via a crafted…","description":"mpg321.c in mpg321 0.3.2-1 does not properly manage memory for use with libmad 0.15.1b, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption seen in a crash in the mad_decoder_run function in decoder.c in libmad) via a crafted MP3 file.","published":"2017-08-01T13:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:01:59.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["underbit/mad libmad"],"epss":{"score":0.07208,"percentile":0.94279,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2017-08-01","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":42409,"kind":"exploit","title":"libmad 0.15.1b - 'mp3' Memory Corruption","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42409","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/42409.txt","file":"exploits/linux/dos/42409.txt","published":"2017-08-01","added":"2017-08-01","updated":"2017-08-01","author":"qflb.wu","type":"dos","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2017-11552"],"tags":"Denial of Service (DoS)","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 7.2%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/94","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=870406","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42409/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/94","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=870406","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42409/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11552","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}