CVE-2006-3355

Mpg123 vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

6.4%

EPSS pct

93th

Exploited

No known

Heap-based buffer overflow in httpdget.c in mpg123 before 0.59s-rll allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long URL, which is not properly terminated before being used with the strncpy function. NOTE: This appears to be the result of an incomplete patch for CVE-2004-0982.

Affected vendor

Mpg123

Affected product

Mpg123

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published

2006-07-06

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

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