CVE-2017-9129 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published 21 Jun 2017 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted WAV file processed by the FAAC audio library.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2017-9129?

CVE-2017-9129 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Jun 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The wav_open_read function in frontend/input.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Coder (FAAC) 1.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (large loop) via a crafted wav file.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-9129?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Audiocoding Freeware Advanced Audio Coder.

How do I fix CVE-2017-9129?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2017-9129 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-9129 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9129, GHSA-32wg-gc37-9jjj, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9129.