Vulnerabilities / CVE-2018-7263

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CVE-2018-7263

libmad: Double-free in the mad_decoder_run() function

Published Modified CWE 415
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat3.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (low), AlmaLinux (low), Oracle (low), Rocky Linux (low).

Description

The mad_decoder_run() function in decoder.c in Underbit libmad through 0.15.1b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SIGABRT because of double free or corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2017-11552.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
alma 8SDL2, SDL2-devel, SDL2-static and 10 more2.0.10-2.el8 and 4 more
alpine 3.11libmad0.15.1b-r9
alpine 3.12libmad0.15.1b-r9
alpine 3.13libmad0.15.1b-r9
alpine 3.14libmad0.15.1b-r9
alpine 3.15libmad0.15.1b-r9
alpine 3.16libmad0.15.1b-r9
alpine 3.17libmad0.15.1b-r9
alpine 3.18libmad0.15.1b-r9
alpine 3.19libmad0.15.1b-r9
alpine 3.20libmad0.15.1b-r9
alpine 3.21libmad0.15.1b-r9
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SourcePackageFixed in
alma 8SDL22.0.10-2.el8
alma 8SDL2-devel2.0.10-2.el8
alma 8SDL2-static2.0.10-2.el8
alma 8gstreamer11.16.1-2.el8
alma 8gstreamer1-devel1.16.1-2.el8
alma 8gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free1.16.1-1.el8
alma 8gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel1.16.1-1.el8
alma 8gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free1.16.1-1.el8
alma 8libmad0.15.1b-25.el8
alma 8libmad-devel0.15.1b-25.el8
alma 8orc0.4.28-3.el8
alma 8orc-compiler0.4.28-3.el8
alma 8orc-devel0.4.28-3.el8
alpine 3.11libmad0.15.1b-r9
alpine 3.12libmad0.15.1b-r9
alpine 3.13libmad0.15.1b-r9
alpine 3.14libmad0.15.1b-r9
alpine 3.15libmad0.15.1b-r9
alpine 3.16libmad0.15.1b-r9
alpine 3.17libmad0.15.1b-r9
alpine 3.18libmad0.15.1b-r9
alpine 3.19libmad0.15.1b-r9
alpine 3.20libmad0.15.1b-r9
alpine 3.21libmad0.15.1b-r9
alpine 3.22libmad0.15.1b-r9
alpine 3.23libmad0.15.1b-r9
alpine 3.24libmad0.15.1b-r9
alpine edgelibmad0.15.1b-r9
Oracle Linux 8SDL1.2.15-37.el8
Oracle Linux 8SDL-devel1.2.15-37.el8
Oracle Linux 8SDL22.0.10-2.el8
Oracle Linux 8SDL2-devel2.0.10-2.el8
Oracle Linux 8SDL2-static2.0.10-2.el8
Oracle Linux 8gstreamer11.16.1-2.el8
Oracle Linux 8gstreamer1-devel1.16.1-2.el8
Oracle Linux 8gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free1.16.1-1.el8
Oracle Linux 8gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel1.16.1-1.el8
Oracle Linux 8gstreamer1-plugins-base1.16.1-1.el8
Oracle Linux 8gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel1.16.1-1.el8
Oracle Linux 8gstreamer1-plugins-good1.16.1-1.el8
Oracle Linux 8gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk1.16.1-1.el8
Oracle Linux 8gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free1.16.1-1.el8
Oracle Linux 8libmad0.15.1b-25.el8
Oracle Linux 8libmad-devel0.15.1b-25.el8
Oracle Linux 8orc0.4.28-3.el8
Oracle Linux 8orc-compiler0.4.28-3.el8
Oracle Linux 8orc-devel0.4.28-3.el8
rocky 8gstreamer11.16.1-2.el8
rocky 8gstreamer1-devel1.16.1-2.el8
rocky 8gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free1.16.1-1.el8
rocky 8gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free1.16.1-1.el8
rocky 8libmad0.15.1b-25.el8
rocky 8orc0.4.28-3.el8
rocky 8orc-compiler0.4.28-3.el8
rocky 8orc-devel0.4.28-3.el8

References

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