Bug 1515693 (CVE-2017-16898) - CVE-2017-16898 ming: Buffer overflow in the printMP3Headers function
Summary: CVE-2017-16898 ming: Buffer overflow in the printMP3Headers function
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2017-16898
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1476729
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-11-21 09:02 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:25 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-03-28 21:23:58 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-11-21 09:02:28 UTC 
The printMP3Headers function in util/listmp3.c in libming v0.4.8 or earlier is vulnerable to a global buffer overflow, which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-9264.

Upstream issue:

https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/75
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-11-21 09:03:12 UTC 
Created ming tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1476729]
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