The mad_bit_skip function in bit.c in Underbit MAD libmad 0.15.1b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted audio file.

National Vulnerability Database :

CVE-2017-8372: The mad_layer_III function in layer3.c in Underbit MAD libmad 0.15.1b, if NDEBUG is omitted, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted audio file.

CVE-2017-8373: The mad_layer_III function in layer3.c in Underbit MAD libmad 0.15.1b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted audio file.

CVE-2017-8374: The mad_bit_skip function in bit.c in Underbit MAD libmad 0.15.1b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted audio file.

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in MAD, an MPEG audio decoder library, which could result in denial of service if a malformed audio file is processed.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 0.15.1b-7+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libmad packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in MAD, an MPEG audio decoder library, which could result in denial of service if a malformed audio file is processed.

This update for libmad fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2017-8374: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow (read)     in mad_bit_skip (boo#1036967)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
130992	FreeBSD : libmad -- multiple vulnerabilities (b48e7b14-052a-11ea-a1de-53b029d2b061)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	high
109924	Debian DLA-1380-1 : libmad security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
109587	Debian DSA-4192-1 : libmad - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
106966	openSUSE Security Update : libmad (openSUSE-2018-205)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium

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