CVE-2017-18189

Summary

CVECVE-2017-18189
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-15 10:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:41:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Soundexchange Sound Exchange All All All All
Application Sound Exchange Project Sound Exchange All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 1695-1] sox security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
public-inbox.org/sox-devel/20171109114554.16297-1-mans%40mansr.com/raw public-inbox.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: sox-14.4.2.0-28.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
public-inbox.org/sox-devel/[email protected]/raw MISC public-inbox.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: sox-14.4.2.0-28.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: sox-14.4.2.0-28.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: sox-14.4.2.0-28.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
#881121 - sox: CVE-2017-18189: null pointer dereference while running sox - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377314 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for sox (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0084)
  • 501254 Alpine Linux Security Update for sox
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