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.
                
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Advisories
    | Source | ID | Title | 
|---|---|---|
|  Debian DLA | DLA-1695-1 | sox security update | 
|  EUVD | EUVD-2017-9324 | 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. | 
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T21:13:49.061Z
Reserved: 2018-02-15T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-18189
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 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Modified
Published: 2018-02-15T10:29:00.617
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:19:31.097
Link: CVE-2017-18189
 Redhat
                        Redhat
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