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CVE-2015-9101

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-9101 describes a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in the fill_buffer_resample function within libmp3lame.a of LAME versions 3.98.x and 3.99.x. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) by providing a specially crafted audio file. Rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.5, it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) for exploitation, leading to high availability impact (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.98CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lame_project:lame:3.98:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.98.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lame_project:lame:3.98.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.98.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lame_project:lame:3.98.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.99CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lame_project:lame:3.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.99.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lame_project:lame:3.99.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0184 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 5,760 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-9101Low

lame: heap-based buffer over-read in fill_buffer_resample function in util.c in libmp3lame.a

Jun 25, 2017

References

blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2017/06/17/lame-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-fill_buffer_resample-util-c
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / Hack-Me/Pocs_for_Multi_Versions/tree/main/CVE-2015-9101
ExploitThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/99269
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry