vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-18189): sox vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Feb 15, 2018 | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 15, 2018
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 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
ubuntu-upgrade-sox
References
- CVE-2017-18189
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-18189
- CWE-476
- EUVD-EUVD-2017-9324
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881121
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-9324
- https://public-inbox.org/sox-devel/[email protected]/raw
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18189
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