CVE-2017-18189

In the startread function in xa.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) through 14.4.2, a corrupt header specifying zero channels triggers an infinite loop with a resultant NULL pointer dereference, which may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service.

CVSS v3.0

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

5.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 92th percentile

Published

2018-02-15

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881121

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2017-18179
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