CVE-2017-18189

Published: Feb 15, 2018Modified: Nov 21, 2024

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Sound Exchange Project: Sound Exchange · Debian: Debian Linux

Sound Exchange Project

1 product

Sound Exchange

Debian

1 product

Debian Linux

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Sound Exchange Project Sound Exchange	Up to 14.4.2

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 8.0

Related CWEs

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

References (12)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881121

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00042.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62RARFRXGKPNNFFNVDV7DHJSOKAIZ3CX/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EUKFZQSZG2ABMTAMOGBMY7MJNSGEIYTL/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://public-inbox.org/sox-devel/20171109114554.16297-1-mans%40mansr.com/raw

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283