CVE-2017-18189
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
2.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Arch Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Fixed | 14.4.2-3 |
Debian Fixed 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 14.4.2-2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 14.4.2-2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 14.4.2-2 |
References
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.