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CVE-2017-9259 json

The TDStretch::acceptNewOverlapLength function in source/SoundTouch/TDStretch.cpp in SoundTouch 1.9.2 allows remote attackers to cause a de…

published 2017-07-27 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-18195

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.1%
EPSS 6.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The TDStretch::acceptNewOverlapLength function in source/SoundTouch/TDStretch.cpp in SoundTouch 1.9.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory allocation error and application crash) via a crafted wav file.

Patch / fix

  • soundtouch Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.9.2-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9259

  • soundtouch Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.9.2-2+deb9u1build0.16.04.1
  • soundtouch Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.7.1-5ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9259

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-9259 updated cvss 3.3

soundtouch: Memory allocation error in the TDStretch::acceptNewOverlapLength function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 soundtouch
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-42389)

Exploit prediction

6.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-42389 SoundTouch 1.9.2 - Multiple Vulnerabilities dos, 2017-07-28
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/62 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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