DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18189

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-18189
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18189.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18189
Upstream
Published
2018-02-15T10:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:26Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / sox

Package

Name
sox
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
14.4.2-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / sox

Package

Name
sox
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
14.4.2-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / sox

Package

Name
sox
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
14.4.2-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / sox

Package

Name
sox
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
14.4.2-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}