What is CVE-2017-9258?

CVE-2017-9258 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Surina Soundtouch, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-07-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-9258?

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

Vulnerability in Surina Soundtouch

CVE-2017-9258

The TDStretch::processSamples function in source/SoundTouch/TDStretch.cpp in SoundTouch 1.9.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted wav file.

Published 2017-07-27 · 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: 0.042 (90.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.042 · newest: 0.042 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Surina Soundtouch — versions 1.9.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/62 (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42389/ (exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9258?: CVE-2017-9258 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Surina Soundtouch, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-07-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-9258?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.