CVE-2017-17554
Aubio is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference
CVE-2017-17554 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Aubio, published December 12, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.82%, the 57th percentile. Fixed in aubio 0.4.7.
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-17554- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-17554- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-0014 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2017-0014- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-45h5-cqqw-9rjw
Aubio is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference
A NULL pointer dereference (DoS) Vulnerability was found in the function aubio_source_avcodec_readframe in io/source_avcodec.c of aubio, which may lead to DoS when playing a crafted audio file.
- Record
GHSA-45h5-cqqw-9rjw- CVSS 4.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-17554- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-17554
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17554- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVGHSA-45h5-cqqw-9rjw
Aubio is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference
A NULL pointer dereference (DoS) Vulnerability was found in the function aubio_source_avcodec_readframe in io/source_avcodec.c of aubio, which may lead to DoS when playing a crafted audio file.
- Record
GHSA-45h5-cqqw-9rjw- CVSS 4.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-17554
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.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17554- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2019-0016 No score
Updated aubio packages fix security vulnerabilities
NULL pointer dereference in the function aubio_source_avcodec_readframe which may lead to DoS when playing a crafted audio file (CVE-2017-17554).
A crash in aubio_pitch_set_unit (CVE-2018-14522).
A buffer overrread resulting in crash or information leakage in new_aubio_pitchyinfft (CVE-2018-14523).
- Record
MGASA-2019-0016- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10638-1 No score
aubio-tools-0.4.9-5.3 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the aubio-tools-0.4.9-5.3 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10638-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2017-76 No score
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.
- Record
PYSEC-2017-76- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
aubioPyPI |
before 0.4.7 | 0.4.7 |
aubioDebian:12 |
before 0.4.6-1 | 0.4.6-1 |
aubioDebian:13 |
before 0.4.6-1 | 0.4.6-1 |
aubioDebian:14 |
before 0.4.6-1 | 0.4.6-1 |
aubioPyPI |
before 0.4.7, plus listed versions 0.4.30.4.3.post10.4.3a10.4.3a20.4.40.4.50.4.6 |
0.4.7 |
aubioMageia:6 |
before 0.4.2-2.2.mga6 | 0.4.2-2.2.mga6 |
aubioUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.4.1-2build4 |
None known |
aubioUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.4.5-1build1 |
None known |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
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
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17554
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security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17554
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0016.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23211
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2018-08/msg00089.html
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17554
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17554
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17054