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CVE-2017-17554

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-17554 describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in aubio 0.4.6, specifically within the aubio_source_avcodec_readframe function in io/source_avcodec.c. This flaw allows an attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by enticing a user to play a specially crafted audio file. Rated Medium with a CVSS v3 score of 5.5, the attack requires local access and user interaction, leading to high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aubio:aubio:0.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0074 is in the 57th 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 (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: aubioFixed in: 0.4.7

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-45h5-cqqw-9rjwmedium

Aubio is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference

May 14, 2022

References

github.com / IvanCql/vulnerability/blob/master/An%20NULL%20pointer%20dereference%28DoS%29%20Vulnerability%20was%20found%20in%20function%20%20aubio_source_avcodec_readframe%20of%20aubio.md