CRITICAL
lame: Multiple vulnerabilities
Published Jul 28, 2017
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.46%
Description
There is a division-by-zero vulnerability in LAME 3.99.5, caused by a malformed input file.
Affected products
No data.
- 3.99.5
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
lame
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | lame | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
3.3 LOW Red Hat
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.46% 0.02464
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02464
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.46% (0.02464) | 83.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.46% (0.02464) | 82.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.64% (0.00637) | 79.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.64% (0.00637) | 78.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.64% (0.00637) | 75.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 34.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 32.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 24.58th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 23.96th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 57.50th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (7)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11720 Vendor Advisory
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/06/17/lame-divide-by-zero-in-parse_wave_header-get_audio-c/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugs.debian.org/777159 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1470199 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11720
- https://sourceforge.net/p/lame/bugs/460/ x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11720
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11720 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/06/17/lame-divide-by-zero-in-parse_wave_header-get_audio-c/ | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://bugs.debian.org/777159 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1470199 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11720 | ||
| https://sourceforge.net/p/lame/bugs/460/ | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11720 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 28, 2017
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jul 27, 2017
Link CVE-2017-11720
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a