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vulnerabilityCVE-2017-18189
Name
CVE-2017-18189
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
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.
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
-

Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
sox
Not Affected

Vulnerability Ratings#


7.5
other
5
CVSSv2

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
2025.02.x
7524160b29a476f7e87bc14fddf12d349f9a3c5e
Not Affected
buildroot
master
7524160b29a476f7e87bc14fddf12d349f9a3c5e
Not Affected
openwrt
master
14.5.1.1-r1
Not Affected
openwrt
openwrt-25.12
14.5.1.1-r1
Not Affected
yocto
kirkstone
14.4.2
Patched
yocto
scarthgap
14.4.2
Patched

Resolved with patches#


sox (yocto:kirkstone)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
xa: validate channel count
Mans Rullgard <mans@mansr.com>
CVE-2017-18189
CVE-2019-1010004

sox (yocto:scarthgap)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
xa: validate channel count
Mans Rullgard <mans@mansr.com>
CVE-2017-18189
CVE-2019-1010004