CVE-2017-11359

Summary

CVECVE-2017-11359
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-07-31 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-03-08 01:38:00 UTC
DescriptionThe wavwritehdr function in wav.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted snd file, during conversion to a wav file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-369

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Sound Exchange Project Sound Exchange 14.4.2 All All All
Application Sound Exchange Project Sound Exchange 14.4.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: Sound eXchange (SoX) multiple vulnerabilities MISC seclists.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1197-1] sox security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
SoX: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201810-02) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2 - Multiple Vulnerabilities - Linux dos Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] [DLA 1705-1] sox security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501254 Alpine Linux Security Update for sox
  • 670225 EulerOS Security Update for sox (EulerOS-SA-2021-1850)
  • 710232 Gentoo Linux SoX Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201810-02)
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