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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40826

Clementine Music Player through 1.3.1 is vulnerable to a User Mode Write Access Violation, affecting the MP3 file parsing functionality at clementine+0x3aa207. The vulnerability is triggered when the user opens a crafted MP3 file or loads a remote stream URL that is mishandled by Clementine. Attackers could exploit this issue to cause a crash (DoS) of the clementine.exe process or achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current logged-in Windows user.

Products
clementine
Affected versions
1.2.3+dfsg-4, 1.2.3+git1354-gdaddbde+dfsg-1, 1.2.3+git1354-gdaddbde+dfsg-1build1, 1.3.1+git276-g3485bbe43+dfsg-1, 1.3.1+git276-g3485bbe43+dfsg-1.1, 1.3.1+git276-g3485bbe43+dfsg-1.1build1, 1.3.1+git609-g623a53681+dfsg-1build1, 1.4.0~rc1+dfsg-1, 1.4.0~rc1+git347-gfc4cb6fc7+dfsg-1build1, 1.4.0~rc1+git347-gfc4cb6fc7+dfsg-2, 1.4.0~rc1+git867-g9ef681b0e+dfsg-1ubuntu1, 1.4.0~rc1+git867-g9ef681b0e+dfsg-1ubuntu3, 1.4.0~rc1+git867-g9ef681b0e+dfsg-1ubuntu4, 1.4.1+git27-g658f34ec4+dfsg-3ubuntu1, 1.4.1+git27-g658f34ec4+dfsg-3ubuntu2, 1.4.1+git27-g658f34ec4+dfsg-3ubuntu3, 1.4.1+git27-g658f34ec4+dfsg-4ubuntu1
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2021-40826
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 01:00 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40826

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Dec 2021, 07:15 UTC

Clementine Music Player through 1.3.1 is vulnerable to a User Mode Write Access Violation, affecting the MP3 file parsing functionality at clementine+0x3aa207. The vulnerability is triggered when the user opens a crafted MP3 file or loads a remote stream URL that is mishandled by Clementine. Attackers could exploit this issue to cause a crash (DoS) of the clementine.exe process or achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current logged-in Windows user.

osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40826

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Complete source record
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