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CVE-2017-11550

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-11550 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in libid3tag 0.15.1b, specifically within the id3_ucs4_length function, which can be triggered by a crafted MP3 file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in high availability impact through a NULL Pointer Dereference and application crash. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.15.1bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libid3tag_project:libid3tag:0.15.1b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0145 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16892-17084Fixed in: 0.16.3-7
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16892-16817Fixed in: 0.16.3-7
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16891-16823Fixed in: 0.15.1b-33
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 libid3tag 0.16.3-7 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 0.16.3-7
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 libid3tag 0.15.1b-33 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 0.15.1b-33
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libid3tag
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libid3tag

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2017-11550Low

libid3tag: NULL Pointer Dereference in id3_ucs4_length function in ucs4.c

Aug 7, 2017
microsoft2017-Jul/CVE-2017-11550Moderate

The id3_ucs4_length function in ucs4.c in libid3tag 0.15.1b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service

Jul 11, 2017

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/85
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory