CVE-2014-9497

Buffer overflow in mpg123 before 1.18.0.

Published: 2017-08-29 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-9497 is rated Moderate Risk (56.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.12%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9497

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 1.26% 1.12% -0.14%
2 2025-03-29 1.12% 1.26% +0.14%
3 2025-03-17 — 1.12% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9497

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-9497

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-9497

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-9497 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mpg123), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9497
gentoo normal CVE-2014-9497: 1 GLSA(s) (201502-01), 1 atom(s) (media-sound/mpg123); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-9497
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-9497 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mpg123), 12 status rows across 12 suites (artful, bionic, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 8, ignored 2, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9497

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9497

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mpg123 mpg123 <= 1.17.0 cpe:2.3:a:mpg123:mpg123:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9497

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