vulnwire
7.5high

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 lo…

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
5.1%
percentile 92%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

5.05% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

  • public-inbox.org /sox-devel/20171109114554.16297-1-mans%40mansr.com/raw · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • bugs.debian.org /cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881121 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00042.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2019:2283 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EUKFZQSZG2ABMTAMOGBMY7MJ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred
  • lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62RARFRXGKPNNFFNVDV7DHJS · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred

Sources

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