CVE-2017-17554
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
A NULL pointer dereference (DoS) Vulnerability was found in the function aubio_source_avcodec_readframe in io/source_avcodec.c of aubio 0.4.6, which may lead to DoS when playing a crafted audio file.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.4.6-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.4.6-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.4.6-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.4.6-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.4.6-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | aubio | <0.4.7 | 0.4.7 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| aubio | aubio | 0.4.6 | |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17554
- https://github.com/aubio/aubio/commit/a81b12a3b4174953b3bc7ef4c37103f4d5636740
- https://github.com/IvanCql/vulnerability/blob/master/An%20NULL%20pointer%20dereference(DoS)%20Vulnerability%20was%20found%20in%20function%20%20aubio_source_avcodec_readframe%20of%20aubio.md
- https://github.com/aubio/aubio
- https://github.com/aubio/aubio/blob/0.4.7/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/aubio/PYSEC-2017-76.yaml
- https://github.com/IvanCql/vulnerability/blob/master/An%20NULL%20pointer%20dereference%28DoS%29%20Vulnerability%20was%20found%20in%20function%20%20aubio_source_avcodec_readframe%20of%20aubio.md
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17554
CWEs
CWE-476
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.