CVE-2017-11359

moderate-risk
Published 2017-07-31

The wavwritehdr function in wav.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted snd file, during conversion to a wav file.

Do I need to act?

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5.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
42398
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (3)

Affected Vendors

Debian Sound Exchange Project

References (10)

Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/81
Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00043.html
Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00007.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-02
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42398/
Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/81
Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00043.html
Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00007.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-02
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42398/
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 8/34 · Low
Exposure 9/34 · Low