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NOTE: this typically has no risk; this crash of this command-line program has no further consequences for availability.","modified":"2026-05-20T16:06:08.499321129Z","published":"2017-03-01T15:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-5851"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5851"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/8"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/asarubbo/poc/blob/master/00127-mp3splt-nullptr-free_options"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/01/mp3splt-null-pointer-dereference-in-free_options-options_manager-c"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5851"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mp3splt","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mp3splt?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.4.2-2ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.4.2-2ubuntu1","binary_name":"mp3splt"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5851.json"}},{"package":{"name":"mp3splt","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mp3splt?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.6.2-0.1","2.6.2+20170630-2","2.6.2+20170630-3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.9.2-3","binary_name":"libmp3splt"},{"binary_version":"2.6.2+20170630-3","binary_name":"mp3splt"},{"binary_name":"mp3splt-gtk","binary_version":"0.9.2-3"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5851.json"}},{"package":{"name":"mp3splt","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mp3splt?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.6.2+20170630-3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.9.2-3","binary_name":"libmp3splt"},{"binary_name":"mp3splt","binary_version":"2.6.2+20170630-3"},{"binary_version":"0.9.2-3","binary_name":"mp3splt-gtk"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5851.json"}},{"package":{"name":"mp3splt","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mp3splt?arch=source&distro=jammy"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.6.2+20170630-3.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.9.2-3.1","binary_name":"libmp3splt"},{"binary_name":"mp3splt","binary_version":"2.6.2+20170630-3.1"},{"binary_name":"mp3splt-gtk","binary_version":"0.9.2-3.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5851.json"}},{"package":{"name":"mp3splt","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mp3splt?arch=source&distro=noble"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.6.2+20170630-3.1build1","2.6.2+20170630-3.2","2.6.2+20170630-3.2build4","2.6.2+20170630-3.2build5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.9.2-3.2build5","binary_name":"libmp3splt"},{"binary_version":"2.6.2+20170630-3.2build5","binary_name":"mp3splt"},{"binary_version":"0.9.2-3.2build5","binary_name":"mp3splt-gtk"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5851.json"}},{"package":{"name":"mp3splt","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:25.10","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mp3splt?arch=source&distro=questing"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.6.2+20170630-3.3build1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.9.2-3.3build1","binary_name":"libmp3splt"},{"binary_version":"2.6.2+20170630-3.3build1","binary_name":"mp3splt"},{"binary_name":"mp3splt-gtk","binary_version":"0.9.2-3.3build1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5851.json"}},{"package":{"name":"mp3splt","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mp3splt?arch=source&distro=resolute"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.6.2+20170630-3.3build1","2.6.2+20170630-3.4","2.6.2+20170630-3.5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libmp3splt","binary_version":"0.9.2-3.5"},{"binary_version":"2.6.2+20170630-3.5","binary_name":"mp3splt"},{"binary_name":"mp3splt-gtk","binary_version":"0.9.2-3.5"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5851.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}