DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18189

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18189

    Published: 15 Feb 2018Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-18189

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-18189

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sox

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/sox?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -14.4.2-2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High