The WildMidi_Open function in WildMIDI since commit d8a466829c67cacbb1700beded25c448d99514e5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of s…

published 2018-01-02 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-1557

cvss: 7.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.7%; EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits: 0; none known

The WildMidi_Open function in WildMIDI since commit d8a466829c67cacbb1700beded25c448d99514e5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

Patch / fix

distros 1 links 1

wildmidi Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.4.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000418

github.com/Mindwerks/wildmidi@814f31d commit

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-2017-1000418 updated 2026-11-07 cvss 3.3

wildmidi: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in WildMidi_Open

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 wildmidi
affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

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

1.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/Mindwerks/wildmidi/issues/178 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

github.com /Mindwerks/wildmidi/commit/814f31d8eceda8401eb812fc2e94ed143fdad0ab
patch, third-party-advisory
github.com /Mindwerks/wildmidi/issues/178
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-1000418
NVD CVE-2017-1000418

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Summary