CVE-2024-10573

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
0 < 1.32.8affected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 80:1.32.9-1.el8_10 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 90:1.32.9-1.el9_5 < *unaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Workarounds

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

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

References