CVE-2017-9256 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) version 2.7, specifically within the mp4ff_read_stco function. A crafted MP4 file can trigger a large loop, leading to significant CPU consumption and rendering the affected system or application unresponsive. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 5.5 (MEDIUM), indicating that it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to exploit, resulting in high availability impact (A:H) but no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:freeware_advanced_audio_decoder_2:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.