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CVE-2017-9259

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9259 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting SoundTouch 1.9.2, specifically within the TDStretch::acceptNewOverlapLength function. An attacker can trigger a memory allocation error and application crash by providing a specially crafted WAV file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high availability impact. While no active exploitation is reported, a public exploit (EDB-42389) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:surina:soundtouch:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
6.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-42389 · Jul 28, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0615 is in the 98th 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

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: soundtouch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-9259Low

soundtouch: Memory allocation error in the TDStretch::acceptNewOverlapLength function

Jul 26, 2017

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/62
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/42389
securityfocus.com / bid/100095
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry