THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-11664
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2017-11664

Wildmidi vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
8.4%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
The _WM_SetupMidiEvent function in internal_midi.c:2122 in WildMIDI 0.4.2 can cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and application crash) via a crafted mid file.
Affected vendor
Mindwerks
Affected product
Wildmidi
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2017-08-17

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-11664

  • Confirm whether Mindwerks Wildmidi is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-11664.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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