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CVE-2017-17555

The swri_audio_convert function in audioconvert.c in FFmpeg libswresample through 3.0.101, as...

6.5 MediumFix available

The swri_audio_convert function in audioconvert.c in FFmpeg libswresample through 3.0.101, as used in FFmpeg 3.4.1, aubio 0.4.6, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted audio file.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.05%Up 0.1 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

The swri_audio_convert function in audioconvert.c in FFmpeg libswresample through 3.0.101, as used in FFmpeg 3.4.1, aubio 0.4.6, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted audio file.

Record
CVE-2017-17555
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-476
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The swri_audio_convert function in audioconvert.c in FFmpeg libswresample through 3.0.101, as used in FFmpeg 3.4.1, aubio 0.4.6, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted audio file.

Record
CVE-2017-17555
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-0015 No score

The swri_audio_convert function in audioconvert.c in FFmpeg libswresample through 3.0.101, as used in FFmpeg 3.4.1, aubio 0.4.6, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted audio file.

Record
EUVD-2017-0015
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-87h5-vmx9-f2ff 6.5

The swri_audio_convert function in audioconvert.c in FFmpeg libswresample through 3.0.101, as...

The swri_audio_convert function in audioconvert.c in FFmpeg libswresample through 3.0.101, as used in FFmpeg 3.4.1, aubio 0.4.6, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted audio file.

Record
GHSA-87h5-vmx9-f2ff
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-476
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.5

The swri_audio_convert function in audioconvert.c in FFmpeg libswresample through 3.0.101, as used in FFmpeg 3.4.1, aubio 0.4.6, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted audio file.

Record
CVE-2017-17555
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-06
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-17555 6.5

The swri_audio_convert function in audioconvert.c in FFmpeg libswresample through 3.0.101, as used in FFmpeg 3.4.1, aubio 0.4.6, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted audio file.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17555
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-17555 6.5

The swri_audio_convert function in audioconvert.c in FFmpeg libswresample through 3.0.101, as used in FFmpeg 3.4.1, aubio 0.4.6, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted audio file.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17555
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2018:0470-1 No score

Security update for ffmpeg

This update for ffmpeg fixes the following issues:

Updated ffmpeg to new bugfix release 3.4.2

  • Fix integer overflows, multiplication overflows, undefined shifts, and verify buffer lengths.
  • avfilter/vf_transpose: Fix used plane count [boo#1078488, CVE-2018-6392]
  • avcodec/utvideodec: Fix bytes left check in decode_frame() [boo#1079368, CVE-2018-6621]
  • Enable use of libzvbi for displaying teletext subtitles.
  • Fixed a DoS in swri_audio_convert() [boo#1072366, CVE-2017-17555].

Update to new bugfix release 3.4.1

  • Fixed integer overflows, division by zero, illegal bit shifts
  • Fixed the gmc_mmx function which failed to validate width and height [boo#1070762, CVE-2017-17081]
  • Fixed out-of-bounds in VC-2 encoder [boo#1069407, CVE-2017-16840]
  • ffplay: use SDL2 audio API
  • install also doc/ffserver.conf

  • Update to new upstream release 3.4

    • New video filters: deflicker, doublewave, lumakey, pixscope, oscilloscope, robterts, limiter, libvmaf, unpremultiply, tlut2, floodifll, pseudocolor, despill, convolve, vmafmotion.
    • New audio filters: afir, crossfeed, surround, headphone, superequalizer, haas.
    • Some video filters with several inputs now use a common set of options: blend, libvmaf, lut3d, overlay, psnr, ssim. They must always be used by name.
    • librsvg support for svg rasterization
    • spec-compliant VP9 muxing support in MP4
    • Remove the libnut and libschroedinger muxer/demuxer wrappers
    • drop deprecated qtkit input device (use avfoundation instead)
    • SUP/PGS subtitle muxer
    • VP9 tile threading support
    • KMS screen grabber
    • CUDA thumbnail filter
    • V4L2 mem2mem HW assisted codecs
    • Rockchip MPP hardware decoding
    • (Not in openSUSE builds, only original ones:)
    • Gremlin Digital Video demuxer and decoder
    • Additional frame format support for Interplay MVE movies
    • Dolby E decoder and SMPTE 337M demuxer
    • raw G.726 muxer and demuxer, left- and right-justified
    • NewTek NDI input/output device
    • FITS demuxer, muxer, decoder and encoder
  • Fixed a double free in huffyuv [boo#1064577, CVE-2017-15186]

  • Fixed an out-of-bounds in ffv1dec [boo#1066428, CVE-2017-15672]

Record
openSUSE-SU-2018:0470-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2018:0476-1 No score

Security update for ffmpeg

This update for ffmpeg fixes the following issues:

Updated ffmpeg to new bugfix release 3.4.2

  • Fix integer overflows, multiplication overflows, undefined shifts, and verify buffer lengths.
  • avfilter/vf_transpose: Fix used plane count [boo#1078488, CVE-2018-6392]
  • avcodec/utvideodec: Fix bytes left check in decode_frame() [boo#1079368, CVE-2018-6621]
  • Enable use of libzvbi for displaying teletext subtitles.
  • Fixed a DoS in swri_audio_convert() [boo#1072366, CVE-2017-17555].

Update to new bugfix release 3.4.1

  • Fixed integer overflows, division by zero, illegal bit shifts
  • Fixed the gmc_mmx function which failed to validate width and height [boo#1070762, CVE-2017-17081]
  • Fixed out-of-bounds in VC-2 encoder [boo#1069407, CVE-2017-16840]
  • ffplay: use SDL2 audio API
  • install also doc/ffserver.conf

  • Update to new upstream release 3.4

    • New video filters: deflicker, doublewave, lumakey, pixscope, oscilloscope, robterts, limiter, libvmaf, unpremultiply, tlut2, floodifll, pseudocolor, despill, convolve, vmafmotion.
    • New audio filters: afir, crossfeed, surround, headphone, superequalizer, haas.
    • Some video filters with several inputs now use a common set of options: blend, libvmaf, lut3d, overlay, psnr, ssim. They must always be used by name.
    • librsvg support for svg rasterization
    • spec-compliant VP9 muxing support in MP4
    • Remove the libnut and libschroedinger muxer/demuxer wrappers
    • drop deprecated qtkit input device (use avfoundation instead)
    • SUP/PGS subtitle muxer
    • VP9 tile threading support
    • KMS screen grabber
    • CUDA thumbnail filter
    • V4L2 mem2mem HW assisted codecs
    • Rockchip MPP hardware decoding
    • (Not in openSUSE builds, only original ones:)
    • Gremlin Digital Video demuxer and decoder
    • Additional frame format support for Interplay MVE movies
    • Dolby E decoder and SMPTE 337M demuxer
    • raw G.726 muxer and demuxer, left- and right-justified
    • NewTek NDI input/output device
    • FITS demuxer, muxer, decoder and encoder
  • Fixed a double free in huffyuv [boo#1064577, CVE-2017-15186]

  • Fixed an out-of-bounds in ffv1dec [boo#1066428, CVE-2017-15672]

Record
openSUSE-SU-2018:0476-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:0024-1 No score

Security update for ffmpeg-4

This update for ffmpeg-4 fixes the following issues:

ffmpeg-4 was updated to version 4.0.5, fixes boo#1133153

  • CVE-2019-11339: The studio profile decoder in libavcodec/mpeg4videodec.c in FFmpeg 4.0 allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-array access) or possibly have unspecified. (bsc#1133153)
  • For other changes see /usr/share/doc/packages/libavcodec58/Changelog

Update to version 4.2.1:

  • Stable bug fix release, mainly codecs and format fixes.
  • CVE-2019-15942: Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value' issue in h2645_parse (boo#1149839)

Update to FFmpeg 4.2 'Ada'

  • tpad filter
  • AV1 decoding support through libdav1d
  • dedot filter
  • chromashift and rgbashift filters
  • freezedetect filter
  • truehd_core bitstream filter
  • dhav demuxer
  • PCM-DVD encoder
  • GIF parser
  • vividas demuxer
  • hymt decoder
  • anlmdn filter
  • maskfun filter
  • hcom demuxer and decoder
  • ARBC decoder
  • libaribb24 based ARIB STD-B24 caption support (profiles A and C)
  • Support decoding of HEVC 4:4:4 content in nvdec and cuviddec
  • removed libndi-newtek
  • agm decoder
  • KUX demuxer
  • AV1 frame split bitstream filter
  • lscr decoder
  • lagfun filter
  • asoftclip filter
  • Support decoding of HEVC 4:4:4 content in vdpau
  • colorhold filter
  • xmedian filter
  • asr filter
  • showspatial multimedia filter
  • VP4 video decoder
  • IFV demuxer
  • derain filter
  • deesser filter
  • mov muxer writes tracks with unspecified language instead of English by default
  • added support for using clang to compile CUDA kernels
  • See /usr/share/doc/packages/ffmpeg-4/Changelog for the complete changelog.

Update to version 4.1.4

  • See /usr/share/doc/packages/ffmpeg-4/Changelog for the complete changelog.
  • Enable runtime enabling for fdkaac via --enable-libfdk-aac-dlopen

Update to version 4.1.3:

  • Updates and bug fixes for codecs, filters and formats. [boo#1133153, boo#1133155, CVE-2019-11338, CVE-2019-11339]

Update to version 4.1.2:

  • Updates and bug fixes for codecs, filters and formats.

Update to version 4.1.1:

  • Various filter and codec fixes and enhancements.
  • configure: Add missing xlib dependency for VAAPI X11 code.
  • For complete changelog, see /usr/share/doc/packages/ffmpeg-4/Changelog
  • enable AV1 support on x86_64

Update ffmpeg to 4.1:

  • Lots of filter updates as usual: deblock, tmix, aplify, fftdnoiz, aderivative, aintegral, pal75bars, pal100bars, adeclick, adeclip, lensfun (wrapper), colorconstancy, 1D LUT filter (lut1d), cue, acue, transpose_npp, amultiply, Block-Matching 3d (bm3d) denoising filter, acrossover filter, audio denoiser as afftdn filter, sinc audio filter source, chromahold, setparams, vibrance, xstack, (a)graphmonitor filter yadif_cuda filter.
  • AV1 parser
  • Support for AV1 in MP4
  • PCM VIDC decoder and encoder
  • libtensorflow backend for DNN based filters like srcnn
  • -- The following only enabled in third-party builds:
  • ATRAC9 decoder
  • AVS2 video decoder via libdavs2
  • IMM4 video decoder
  • Brooktree ProSumer video decoder
  • MatchWare Screen Capture Codec decoder
  • WinCam Motion Video decoder
  • RemotelyAnywhere Screen Capture decoder
  • AVS2 video encoder via libxavs2
  • ILBC decoder
  • SER demuxer
  • Decoding S12M timecode in H264
  • For complete changelog, see https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/shortlog/n4.1

Update ffmpeg to 4.0.3:

  • CVE-2018-13305: Added a missing check for negative values of mqaunt variable (boo#1100345).
Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:0024-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10754-1 No score

ffmpeg-4-4.4-5.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the ffmpeg-4-4.4-5.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10754-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2017-77 No score

The swri_audio_convert function in audioconvert.c in FFmpeg libswresample through 3.0.101, as used in FFmpeg 3.4.1, aubio 0.4.6, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted audio file.

Record
PYSEC-2017-77
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
aubio
Debian:12
before 0.4.6-1
0.4.6-1
aubio
Debian:13
before 0.4.6-1
0.4.6-1
aubio
Debian:14
before 0.4.6-1
0.4.6-1
aubio
PyPI
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
aubio
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.4.1-2build4
None known
aubio
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.4.5-1build1
None known
ffmpeg
SUSE:Package Hub 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 3.4.2-14.1
3.4.2-14.1
ffmpeg-4
SUSE:Package Hub 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 4.2.1-bp151.5.3.1
4.2.1-bp151.5.3.1
ffmpeg-4
SUSE:Package Hub 15
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 4.2.1-bp151.5.3.1
4.2.1-bp151.5.3.1
ffmpeg-4
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP1
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 4.2.1-bp151.5.3.1
4.2.1-bp151.5.3.1
ffmpeg-4
openSUSE:Leap 15.1
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 4.2.1-bp151.5.3.1
4.2.1-bp151.5.3.1
ffmpeg-4
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 46 CVEs
before 4.4-5.2
4.4-5.2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-17555 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Aubio, published December 12, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.05%, the 64th percentile. Fixed in aubio 0.4.6-1.

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