CVE-2017-15372 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the lsx_ms_adpcm_block_expand_i function of adpcm.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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00616.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Sound Exchange Project	Sound Exchange

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sound_exchange_project:sound_exchange:14.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1197-1	sox security update
Debian DLA	DLA-1695-1	sox security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-6826	There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the lsx_ms_adpcm_block_expand_i function of adpcm.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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500553
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00043.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00042.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15372
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-02
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15372

History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00294}`	epss `{'score': 0.00536}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-10-16T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:57:25.828Z

Reserved: 2017-10-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-15372

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-10-16T04:29:00.280

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-15372

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-10-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-15372 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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