TI-2023-26963 Aliases CVE-2023-49356 GHSA-9vwc-6w53-v9f8

A stack buffer overflow vulnerability in MP3Gain v1.6.2 allows an attacker to cause a…

HIGH 72CWE-787Published 2023-12-22 · Updated 2025-04-23

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

A stack buffer overflow vulnerability in MP3Gain v1.6.2 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via the WriteMP3GainAPETag function at apetag.c:592.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00681 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:glensawyer:mp3gain:1.6.2:::::::*	1.6.2	Vulnerable	Glensawyer

cpe:2.3:a:glensawyer:mp3gain:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.6.2 Vulnerable ·Glensawyer

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-49356
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9vwc-6w53-v9f8

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/linzc21/bug-reports/blob/main/reports/mp3gain/1.6.2/stack-buffer-overflow/CVE-2023-49356.md

TI-2019-13362 A buffer over-read was discovered in ReadMP3APETag in apetag.c in MP3Gain 1.6.2. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
TI-2021-13271 Read access violation in the III_dequantize_sample function in mpglibDBL/layer3.c in… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

Sources

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