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CVE-2017-17555

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-17555 describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the swri_audio_convert function within FFmpeg's libswresample, affecting FFmpeg 3.4.1, aubio 0.4.6, and other products utilizing this library. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can lead to a denial of service (application crash) when processing a specially crafted audio file, requiring user interaction to trigger. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aubio:aubio:0.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 3.0.101CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:libswresample:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0106 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00012.html
github.com / IvanCql/vulnerability/blob/master/An%20NULL%20pointer%20dereference%28DoS%29%20Vulnerability%20was%20found%20in%20function%20swri_audio_convert%20of%20ffmpeg%20libswresample.md