In mpg123 1.25.0, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the convert_latin1 function in libmpg123/id3.c. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2017-10683 is rated Moderate Risk (53.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.52%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
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 | 2026-05-17 | 0.67% | 0.52% | -0.15% |
| 2 | 2026-01-07 | 0.42% | 0.67% | +0.25% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 0.42% | — |
Full EPSS history (10 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2017-10683 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-2017-10683 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2017-10683 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mpg123), 7 status rows across 7 suites (artful, bionic, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): released 3, ignored 2, not-affected 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-10683 |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1465819 | Issue Tracking |