CVE-2017-9129

MEDIUM

Freeware Advanced Audio Coder (FAAC) 1.28 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2017-9129. PoCs published by qflb.wu.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit demonstrates two denial-of-service vulnerabilities in FAAC 1.28: a large loop in the wav_open_read function and an invalid memory read in the faacEncOpen function, both triggered by crafted WAV files.

Description

The wav_open_read function in frontend/input.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Coder (FAAC) 1.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (large loop) via a crafted wav file.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by qflb.wu · textdoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42207

The exploit demonstrates two denial-of-service vulnerabilities in FAAC 1.28: a large loop in the wav_open_read function and an invalid memory read in the faacEncOpen function, both triggered by crafted WAV files.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Freeware Advanced Audio Coder (FAAC) 1.28
No auth needed
Prerequisites: crafted WAV file
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42207/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0251
EPSS Percentile 82.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (1)
audiocoding/freeware_advanced_audio_coder 1.28
Published Jun 21, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026