PT-2017-11957 · Sox+1 · Sox+1
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Published
2017-07-31
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Updated
2024-06-15
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CVE-2017-11359
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
SoX version 14.4.2
Description
The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a divide-by-zero error and application crash, via a crafted snd file during conversion to a wav file.
Recommendations
For SoX version 14.4.2, consider avoiding the use of the wavwritehdr function in wav.c until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the conversion of crafted snd files to wav files to minimize the risk of exploitation.
Exploit
Fix
DoS
Divide By Zero
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Sox