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.
Published: 2018-02-15
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 6.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1695-1 sox security update
EUVD 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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Debian Debian Linux
Redhat Enterprise Linux
Sound Exchange Project Sound Exchange
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:13:49.061Z

Reserved: 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-18189

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-15T10:29:00.617

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:19:31.097

Link: CVE-2017-18189

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-02-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-18189 - Bugzilla

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