CVE-2017-11662

Exp

The _WM_ParseNewMidi function in f_midi.c in WildMIDI 0.4.2 can cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and application crash) via a crafted mid file.

Published: 2017-08-17 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-11662 is rated High Exploit Risk (83/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 14.17%, 94th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.73% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2017-11662

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
42433 exploit_db edb 2017-08-08 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-11662

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-01-27 8.44% 14.17% +5.73%
2 2025-08-16 8.63% 8.44% -0.19%
3 2025-03-30 — 8.63% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-11662

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-11662

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-11662

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2017-11662 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (wildmidi), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11662
ubuntu low CVE-2017-11662 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (wildmidi), 21 status rows across 21 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): not-affected 16, ignored 2, released 2, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11662

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-11662

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mindwerks wildmidi 0.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:mindwerks:wildmidi:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-11662

URL Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Aug/12 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42433/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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