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CVE-2017-14181

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-09-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

DeleteBitBuffer in libbitbuf/bitbuffer.c in mp4tools aacplusenc 0.17.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory write, SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000030, and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .wav file, aka a NULL pointer dereference.

Affected products

• Aacplusenc Project Aacplusenc: 0.17.5

References

• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/07/aacplusenc-null-pointer-dereference-in-deletebitbuffer-bitbuffer-c/
• https://github.com/teknoraver/aacplusenc/issues/1
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/07/aacplusenc-null-pointer-dereference-in-deletebitbuffer-bitbuffer-c/
• https://github.com/teknoraver/aacplusenc/issues/1

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