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CVE-2017-14181

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14181 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the DeleteBitBuffer function of libbitbuf/bitbuffer.c within mp4tools aacplusenc 0.17.5. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) or potentially other unspecified impacts by providing a specially crafted .wav file. Rated 7.8 HIGH on CVSS, it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to exploit, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.17.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aacplusenc_project:aacplusenc:0.17.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0101 is in the 56th 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2017/09/07/aacplusenc-null-pointer-dereference-in-deletebitbuffer-bitbuffer-c
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / teknoraver/aacplusenc/issues/1
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory