vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2017-18189: Low: sox security update (RHSA-2019:2283)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Feb 15, 2018 | Aug 7, 2019 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 15, 2018
Added
Aug 7, 2019
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
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(s)
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-soxredhat-upgrade-sox-debuginforedhat-upgrade-sox-devel
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