vulnerability

Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-15370: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Oct 16, 2017
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the ImaExpandS function of ima_rw.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.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-sox
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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