CVE-2017-15371

There is a reachable assertion abort in the function sox_append_comment() in formats.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack during conversion of an audio file.

CVSS v3.0 NVD

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

CVSS v2.0 NVD

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

1.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 76th percentile

Published

2017-10-16

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500570

Security advisories

• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00043.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00007.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-02

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry