Medium [CVE-2024-10573] Mpg123: buffer overflow when writing decoded pcm samples
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2024-10573 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
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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.
The Red Hat Product Security team has classified this vulnerability as having a Moderate severity due to the complexity of the attack and the attack vector being generally considered as local. Weakness: CWE-787.
Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Will not fix / out of support: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat fixing advisory: RHSA-2024:11193, RHSA-2024:11242.
Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: mpg123.
Is CVE-2024-10573 exploited?
No exploitation is reported in the sources VulniPulse tracks: CVE-2024-10573 is not in the CISA KEV catalog (checked ) and this advisory does not report exploitation. That is not proof the vulnerability cannot be exploited.
How do I fix CVE-2024-10573?
Upgrade to a fixed release named by Red Hat:
- mpg123-0:1.32.9-1.el8_10
- mpg123-0:1.32.9-1.el9_5
- RHSA-2024:11193
- RHSA-2024:11242
Confirm against the vendor advisory before you patch.
Affected versions
No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative. Check it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 5 days ago·verify at source
- mpg123-0:1.32.9-1.el8_10
- mpg123-0:1.32.9-1.el9_5
- RHSA-2024:11193
- RHSA-2024:11242
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 5 days ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- This vulnerability can be mitigated by using the --no-frankenstein option to the mpg123 application.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 5 days ago·verify at source
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