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DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18189

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18189 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11sox0, 0, 0
Debian:13sox0, 0, 0
Debian:12sox0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Feb 15, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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