CVE-2017-11552

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Published 2017-08-01 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2

4.3

VIR risk

6.5

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11552

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`0.3.2-2`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0.3.2-2`
debian	forky	fixed	`0.3.2-2`
debian	sid	fixed	`0.3.2-2`
debian	trixie	fixed	`0.3.2-2`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
underbit	mad_libmad	`0.15.1b`

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/94
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=870406
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42409/
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11552

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.