5.5

CVE-2017-17554: aubio NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-45h5-cqqw-9rjwPYSEC-2017-76UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17554
Published 12-12-2017Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-17554 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in aubio. EPSS estimates a 0.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.82%
0%100%
Low · +0.07 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
MGASA-2019-0016

Timeline

  1. 12-12-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 4 sources · 4 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.82%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

56%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.07 pp

From 0.74% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.82%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Aubio1 product
Debian1 product
  • aubio< 0.4.6-1
PyPI1 product
  • aubio< 0.4.7
Ubuntu1 product
  • aubioAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

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