CVE-2017-11663

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Published 2017-08-17 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2

4.3

VIR risk

6.5

Description

The _WM_SetupMidiEvent function in internal_midi.c:2315 in WildMIDI 0.4.2 can cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and application crash) via a crafted mid file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11663

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`0.4.2-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0.4.2-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`0.4.2-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`0.4.2-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`0.4.2-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
mindwerks	wildmidi	`0.4.2`

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Aug/12
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42433/
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11663

CWEs

CWE-125

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.