CVE-2017-9130: Freeware Advanced Audio Coder Project Freeware Advanced Audio Coder

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The faacEncOpen function in libfaac/frame.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Coder (FAAC) 1.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and application crash) via a crafted wav file.

Affected products

• Freeware Advanced Audio Coder Project Freeware Advanced Audio Coder: version 1.28 only

Published 2017-06-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.