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CVE-2017-11551

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CVE-2017-11551 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting libid3tag 0.15.1b, specifically within the id3_field_parse function, which can be triggered by processing a crafted MP3 file. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious MP3) and could lead to an out-of-memory condition, causing system instability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.15.1bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libid3tag_project:libid3tag:0.15.1b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0145 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16892-17084Fixed in: 0.16.3-7
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16892-16817Fixed in: 0.16.3-7
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16891-16823Fixed in: 0.15.1b-33
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 libid3tag 0.16.3-7 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 0.16.3-7
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 libid3tag 0.15.1b-33 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 0.15.1b-33
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI)Fixed in: libid3tag
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libid3tag
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libid3tag

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2017-11551Low

libid3tag: Out of memory in id3_field_parse function in field.c

Aug 7, 2017
microsoft2017-Jul/CVE-2017-11551Moderate

The id3_field_parse function in field.c in libid3tag 0.15.1b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service

Jul 11, 2017

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/85
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