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Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-15046 · published 6 October 2017

CVE-2017-15046: Lame project lame memory buffer overflow vulnerability

LLame Project · Lame

LAME 3.99.5, 3.99.4, 3.98.4, 3.98.2, 3.98 and 3.97 have a stack-based buffer overflow in unpack_read_samples in frontend/get_audio.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-9412.

5.5 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.73% · top 47.4% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
5.5CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 4.3
0.73%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

LAME 3.99.5, 3.99.4, 3.98.4, 3.98.2, 3.98 and 3.97 have a stack-based buffer overflow in unpack_read_samples in frontend/get_audio.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-9412.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://sourceforge.net/p/lame/bugs/479/ ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/lame/bugs/479/ ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-15046), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.