CVE-2017-12839

Exp

A heap-based buffer over-read in the getbits function in src/libmpg123/getbits.h in mpg123 through 1.25.5 allows remote attackers to cause a possible denial-of-service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted mp3 file.

Published: 2019-05-09 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2017-12839 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.90%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.76% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2017-12839

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-12839

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 2026-06-15 1.14% 2.90% +1.76%
2 2026-01-07 0.63% 1.14% +0.51%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.63% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-12839

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.3 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L 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: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:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 2.8 5.5 [email protected]
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-12839

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-12839

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2017-12839 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-2017-12839
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12839
suse low CVE-2017-12839 severity low: SUSE including 5 source package names (libmpg123-0, libout123-0, mpg123, mpg123-devel, mpg123-pulse), 5 product×package rows across 1 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15): Known Not Affected 5. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12839/
ubuntu low CVE-2017-12839 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mpg123), 12 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 9, released 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12839

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-12839

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mpg123 mpg123 <= 1.25.5 cpe:2.3:a:mpg123:mpg123:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-12839

cvelogic Threat Intelligence