What is CVE-2017-9253?

CVE-2017-9253 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Audiocoding Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2, classified under Excessive Iteration. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-06-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-9253?

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

Vulnerability in Audiocoding Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2

CVE-2017-9253

The mp4ff_read_stsd function in common/mp4ff/mp4atom.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (large loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted mp4 file.

EPSS: 0.010 (57.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Audiocoding Freeware_advanced_audio_decoder_2 — versions 2.7
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-834 — Excessive Iteration

References

cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9253?: CVE-2017-9253 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Audiocoding Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2, classified under Excessive Iteration. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-06-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-9253?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.