What is CVE-2017-14406?

CVE-2017-14406 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mp3gain, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-13.

How severe is CVE-2017-14406?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-14406 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

NULL pointer dereference in Mp3gain

CVE-2017-14406

A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in sync_buffer in interface.c in mpglibDBL, as used in MP3Gain version 1.5.2. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to remote denial of service.

Published 2017-09-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mp3gain — versions 1.5.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Public proof-of-concept exploits

andir/nixos-issue-db-example

References

blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/08/mp3gain-null-pointer-dereference-in-sync_buffer… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14406?: CVE-2017-14406 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mp3gain, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2017-14406?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-14406 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.