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CVE-2017-9872

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CVE-2017-9872 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the III_dequantize_sample function within mpglib, specifically affecting LAME 3.99.5 and other products utilizing libmpgdecoder.a. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk of denial of service and potential for other unspecified impacts, triggered by a crafted audio file requiring user interaction. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog or actively exploited, public exploit code exists (EDB-42259), though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.99.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lame_project:lame:3.99.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-42259 · Jun 26, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0979 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 11,615 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-9872Low

lame: stack-based buffer overflow in III_dequantize_sample function in layer3.c in mpglib

Jun 25, 2017

References

blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2017/06/17/lame-stack-based-buffer-overflow-in-iii_dequantize_sample-layer3-c
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/42259
securityfocus.com / bid/99270
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry