CVE-2017-15371

low-risk
Published 2017-10-16

There is a reachable assertion abort in the function sox_append_comment() in formats.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack during conversion of an audio file.

Do I need to act?

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0.26% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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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

Sound Exchange Project Debian

References (8)

Exploit https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500570
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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500570
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
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 9/34 · Low