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high 7.5

CVE-2017-11662 json

The _WM_ParseNewMidi function in f_midi.c in WildMIDI 0.4.2 can cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and application crash) via a…

published 2017-08-17 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-3274

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.0%
EPSS 10.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The _WM_ParseNewMidi function in f_midi.c in WildMIDI 0.4.2 can cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and application crash) via a crafted mid file.

Patch / fix

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

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11662

  • wildmidi Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 0.3.8-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11662

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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-2017-11662 updated

wildmidi: Multiple vulnerabilities

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not 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

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-42433)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

9.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-42433 WildMIDI 0.4.2 - Multiple Vulnerabilities dos, 2017-08-08
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Aug/12 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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