What is CVE-2017-9130?

CVE-2017-9130 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freeware Advanced Audio Coder Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-06-21.

How severe is CVE-2017-9130?

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

Is CVE-2017-9130 known to be exploited?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Freeware Advanced Audio Coder Project

CVE-2017-9130

The faacEncOpen function in libfaac/frame.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Coder (FAAC) 1.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and application crash) via a crafted wav file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-06-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.029 (86.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Freeware Advanced Audio Coder Project — versions 1.28

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42207/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9130?: CVE-2017-9130 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freeware Advanced Audio Coder Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-06-21.
How severe is CVE-2017-9130?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-9130 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.