vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2017-18189: sox -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Feb 15, 2018 | Feb 25, 2019 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 15, 2018
Added
Feb 25, 2019
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
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.
Solution
debian-upgrade-sox
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