CVE-2017-17554 json
Aubio is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference
published 2017-12-12 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-45h5-cqqw-9rjw , PYSEC-2017-76 , EUVD-2017-0014
- cvss
- 5.5
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.8%
- EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
A NULL pointer dereference (DoS) Vulnerability was found in the function aubio_source_avcodec_readframe in io/source_avcodec.c of aubio 0.4.6, which may lead to DoS when playing a crafted audio file.
Patch / fix
- pypi aubio 0.4.7
- aubio Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.4.6-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17554
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2017-17554 updated cvss 3.3
aubio: NULL pointer dereference in the aubio_source_avcodec_readframe function
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypi | aubio | <0.4.7 |
0.4.7 |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
References
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github.com
/aubio/aubio/commit/a81b12a3b4174953b3bc7ef4c37103f4d5636740
web
- github.com /IvanCql/vulnerability/blob/master/An%20NULL%20pointer%20dereference%28DoS%29%20Vulnerability%20was%20found%20
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17554
advisory
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github.com
/IvanCql/vulnerability/blob/master/An%20NULL%20pointer%20dereference(DoS)%20Vulnerability%20was%20found%20in%2
web
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github.com
/aubio/aubio
package
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github.com
/aubio/aubio/blob/0.4.7/ChangeLog
web
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github.com
/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/aubio/PYSEC-2017-76.yaml
web
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github.com
/advisories/GHSA-45h5-cqqw-9rjw
advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2017-17554
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-45h5-cqqw-9rjw
- NVD CVE-2017-17554
- OSV PYSEC-2017-76
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