CVE-2017-15642 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In lsx_aiffstartread in aiff.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2, there is a Use-After-Free vulnerability triggered by supplying a malformed AIFF 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 0.00639.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian Subscribe	Debian Linux Subscribe
Sound Exchange Project Subscribe	Sound Exchange Subscribe

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-2017-7093	In lsx_aiffstartread in aiff.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2, there is a Use-After-Free vulnerability triggered by supplying a malformed AIFF file.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
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-2017-15642
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-02
https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/297/
https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/298/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15642

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00329}`	epss `{'score': 0.00598}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-10-19T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:57:27.621Z

Reserved: 2017-10-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-15642

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-10-19T19:29:00.373

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

Link: CVE-2017-15642

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-15642 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-416

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