CVE-2017-12797: MPG123

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Integer overflow in the INT123_parse_new_id3 function in the ID3 parser in mpg123 before 1.25.5 on 32-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

• MPG123 MPG123: up to and including 1.25.4

Published 2017-08-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.