CVE-2017-11720

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: July 28, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

There is a division-by-zero vulnerability in LAME 3.99.5, caused by a malformed input file.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/06/17/lame-divide-by-zero-in-parse_wave_header-get_audio-c/
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugs.debian.org/777159
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://sourceforge.net/p/lame/bugs/460/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/06/17/lame-divide-by-zero-in-parse_wave_header-get_audio-c/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugs.debian.org/777159
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://sourceforge.net/p/lame/bugs/460/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.5%
82th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-369

Affected Vendors

lame_project

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