CVE-2021-40827 is a Read Access Violation vulnerability in Clementine Music Player versions up to 1.3.1, specifically affecting its MP3 file parsing when using a GLib 2.0.0 DLL on Windows. An attacker can trigger this by tricking a user into opening a crafted MP3 file or loading a malicious remote stream URL. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) can lead to a denial-of-service crash of the clementine.exe process or potentially arbitrary code execution in the context of the logged-in user. There is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:clementine-player:clementine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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