CVE-2017-17069

Q: How do I fix CVE-2017-17069?

Upgrade audible to november2017 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2017-17069 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2017-17069 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.6% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 74% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2017-17069?

CVE-2017-17069 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2017-17069 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for audible (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGHEPSS 74th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

ActiveSetupN.exe in Amazon Audible for Windows before November 2017 allows attackers to execute arbitrary DLL code if ActiveSetupN.exe is launched from a directory where an attacker has already created a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll file.

CWE-426

How to fix

Remediation Available

audibleNVD

Affected:< november2017Fixed in:november2017CVE-2017-17069derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.65%probability of exploitation in 30 days

74thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 74% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-426 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2015-0096	High	9.3	71%	-	-
CVE-2016-10009	High	7.3	37%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-0016	High	7.8	30%	-	-
CVE-2012-1854	High	7.8	21%	KEV	-
CVE-2018-12589	High	7.8	20%	-	-
CVE-2016-5330	High	7.8	18%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2017-17069?

Upgrade audible to november2017 or later.

Is CVE-2017-17069 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2017-17069 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.6% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 74% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2017-17069?

CVE-2017-17069 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2017-17069 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for audible (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.