CVE-2017-18189

sox: NULL pointer dereference in startread function in xa.c

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

En la función startread en xa.c en Sound eXchange (SoX) hasta la versión 14.4.2, una cabecera que especifica cero canales desencadena un bucle infinito con una desreferencia de puntero NULL resultante, lo que podría permitir que un atacante remoto provoque una denegación de servicio (DoS).

A NULL pointer dereference flaw found in the way SoX handled processing of AIFF files. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash the SoX application by tricking it into processing crafted AIFF files.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-02-15 CVE Reserved
2018-02-15 CVE Published
2023-11-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00042.html	Mailing List
https://public-inbox.org/sox-devel/20171109114554.16297-1-mans%40mansr.com/raw	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881121	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62RARFRXGKPNNFFNVDV7DHJSOKAIZ3CX	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EUKFZQSZG2ABMTAMOGBMY7MJNSGEIYTL	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18189	2019-08-06
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1545866	2019-08-06

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Sound Exchange Project Search vendor "Sound Exchange Project"		Sound Exchange Search vendor "Sound Exchange Project" for product "Sound Exchange"				<= 14.4.2 Search vendor "Sound Exchange Project" for product "Sound Exchange" and version " <= 14.4.2"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected