CVE-2017-18189
CVSS V2 Medium 5
CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2017-18189
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2018-02-15T10:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2021-06-24T15:16:00
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:sound_exchange_project:sound_exchange:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 14.4.2 | |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Integrity Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 5
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 10
- Impact Score
- 2.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 7.5
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 3.6
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://public-inbox.org/sox-devel/20171109114554.16297-1-mans@mansr.com/raw | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881121 | Exploit Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00042.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 | |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EUKFZQSZG2ABMTAMOGBMY7MJNSGEIYTL/ | |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62RARFRXGKPNNFFNVDV7DHJSOKAIZ3CX/ |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18189 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18189 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 07:10:00 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-03 02:11:31 | 2018-02-15T10:29Z | 2018-02-15T10:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-03 02:11:31 | 2021-06-24T15:16:00 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-03 02:11:31 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |