CVE-2015-9101 [Medium] | Memory Corruption in Lame

CVE-2015-9101 is rated Exploit Available (59.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.49%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-05-27	0.67%	0.49%	-0.18%
2	2025-10-17	0.84%	0.67%	-0.17%
3	2025-03-30	—	0.84%	—

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2026-05-27

0.67%

0.49%

-0.18%

2025-10-17

0.84%

0.67%

-0.17%

2025-03-30

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0.84%

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Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. 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:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. 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.	1.8	3.6	[email protected]
4.3	2.0	MEDIUM	`AV:N/AC:M/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:M) Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones. 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.	8.6	2.9	[email protected]

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5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

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

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
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:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
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.

1.8

3.6

[email protected]

4.3

2.0

MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/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:M): Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.

8.6

2.9

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-9101

vendor	priority	summary	link
`alpine`	medium	CVE-2015-9101: 1 source package rows (lame); 5 state rows across 5 repos (3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 0, open 5.	https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2015-9101
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2015-9101 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (lame), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-9101
`redhat`	low	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-9101
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2015-9101 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (lame), 15 status rows across 15 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 13, released 2.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-9101

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-9101

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
lame_project	lame	3.98	cpe:2.3:a:lame_project:lame:3.98:::::::*
lame_project	lame	3.98.2	cpe:2.3:a:lame_project:lame:3.98.2:::::::*
lame_project	lame	3.98.4	cpe:2.3:a:lame_project:lame:3.98.4:::::::*
lame_project	lame	3.99	cpe:2.3:a:lame_project:lame:3.99:::::::*
lame_project	lame	3.99.1	cpe:2.3:a:lame_project:lame:3.99.1:::::::*
lame_project	lame	3.99.2	cpe:2.3:a:lame_project:lame:3.99.2:::::::*
lame_project	lame	3.99.3	cpe:2.3:a:lame_project:lame:3.99.3:::::::*
lame_project	lame	3.99.4	cpe:2.3:a:lame_project:lame:3.99.4:::::::*
lame_project	lame	3.99.5	cpe:2.3:a:lame_project:lame:3.99.5:::::::*

References for CVE-2015-9101

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99269	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/06/17/lame-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-fill_buffer_resample-util-c/	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=777161	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Hack-Me/Pocs_for_Multi_Versions/tree/main/CVE-2015-9101	Exploit Third Party Advisory

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CVE-2015-9101

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-9101

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-9101

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-9101

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-9101

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-9101

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-9101

References for CVE-2015-9101