CVE-2017-18189

Public Exploit

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.46% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://public-inbox.org/sox-devel/20171109114554.16297-1-mans%40mansr.com/raw
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881121 mailing list exploit third party advisory issue tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00042.html third party advisory mailing list
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EUKFZQSZG2ABMTAMOGBMY7MJNSGEIYTL/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62RARFRXGKPNNFFNVDV7DHJSOKAIZ3CX/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-18189?
CVE-2017-18189 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-18189?
To fix CVE-2017-18189, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-18189 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-18189 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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