CVE-2017-11720 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

There is a division-by-zero vulnerability in LAME 3.99.5, caused by a malformed input file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0045.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:lame_project:lame:3.99.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Lame Project Subscribe	Lame Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-3330	There is a division-by-zero vulnerability in LAME 3.99.5, caused by a malformed input file.
Ubuntu USN	USN-4780-1	LAME vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/06/17/lame-divide-by-zero-in-parse_wave_header-get_audio-c/
https://bugs.debian.org/777159
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11720
https://sourceforge.net/p/lame/bugs/460/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11720

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-07-28T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:19:38.563Z

Reserved: 2017-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-11720

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-28T14:29:00.187

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-11720

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-11720 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-369

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