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CVE-2017-1000418

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-1000418 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the WildMidi_Open function of WildMIDI, affecting versions since commit d8a466829c67cacbb1700beded25c448d99514e5. This flaw, triggered by a crafted file, carries a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a significant risk of denial of service and potential for other unspecified impacts. While the attack requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), successful exploitation could lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mindwerks:wildmidi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0167 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: wildmidi

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-1000418Low

wildmidi: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in WildMidi_Open

Aug 3, 2017

References

github.com / Mindwerks/wildmidi/commit/814f31d8eceda8401eb812fc2e94ed143fdad0ab
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / Mindwerks/wildmidi/issues/178
ExploitThird Party Advisory