CVE-2017-18189

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.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881121	Exploit Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00042.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62RARFRXGKPNNFFNVDV7DHJSOKAIZ3CX/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EUKFZQSZG2ABMTAMOGBMY7MJNSGEIYTL/
https://public-inbox.org/sox-devel/20171109114554.16297-1-mans%40mansr.com/raw

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:sound_exchange_project:sound_exchange:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-02-15 10:29

Updated : 2023-11-07 02:41

NVD link : CVE-2017-18189

Mitre link : CVE-2017-18189

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-18189

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

sound_exchange_project

sound_exchange

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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