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Vulnerability · Published Dec 15, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2021-40826

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the clementine package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 70% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 29.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12clementineno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2021-40826
Debian:13clementineno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2021-40826
Debian:14clementineno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2021-40826
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSclementineno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-40826
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSclementineno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-40826
Ubuntu:25.10clementineno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-40826
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSclementineno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-40826
Ubuntu:26.10clementineno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-40826

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
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References