An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in mpg123 when handling crafted streams. When decoding PCM, the libmpg123 may write past the end of a heap-located buffer. Consequently, heap corruption may happen, and arbitrary code execution is not discarded. The complexity required to exploit this flaw is considered high as the payload must be validated by the MPEG decoder and the PCM synth before execution. Additionally, to successfully execute the attack, the user must scan through the stream, making web live stream content (such as web radios) a very unlikely attack vector.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3967-1 mpg123 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5811-1 mpg123 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-33569 An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in mpg123 when handling crafted streams. When decoding PCM, the libmpg123 may write past the end of a heap-located buffer. Consequently, heap corruption may happen, and arbitrary code execution is not discarded. The complexity required to exploit this flaw is considered high as the payload must be validated by the MPEG decoder and the PCM synth before execution. Additionally, to successfully execute the attack, the user must scan through the stream, making web live stream content (such as web radios) a very unlikely attack vector.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7092-1 mpg123 vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7092-2 mpg123 vulnerability
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

This vulnerability can be mitigated by using the --no-frankenstein option to the mpg123 application.

History

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 02:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 08:45:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
References

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 23:30:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 31 Oct 2024 20:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:45:00 +0000

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Description An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in mpg123 when handling crafted streams. When decoding PCM, the libmpg123 may write past the end of a heap-located buffer. Consequently, heap corruption may happen, and arbitrary code execution is not discarded. The complexity required to exploit this flaw is considered high as the payload must be validated by the MPEG decoder and the PCM synth before execution. Additionally, to successfully execute the attack, the user must scan through the stream, making web live stream content (such as web radios) a very unlikely attack vector.
Title Mpg123: buffer overflow when writing decoded pcm samples
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-787
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-08-30T09:17:44.082Z

Reserved: 2024-10-30T22:56:02.827Z

Link: CVE-2024-10573

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-11-26T23:02:44.582Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-10-31T19:15:12.540

Modified: 2024-12-18T09:15:05.593

Link: CVE-2024-10573

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-10-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-10573 - Bugzilla

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