CVE-2017-15642

low-risk
Published 2017-10-19

In lsx_aiffstartread in aiff.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2, there is a Use-After-Free vulnerability triggered by supplying a malformed AIFF file.

Do I need to act?

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0.52% 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

Debian Sound Exchange Project

References (10)

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00043.html
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00042.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-02
Broken Link https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/297/
Broken Link https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/298/
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00043.html
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00042.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-02
Broken Link https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/297/
Broken Link https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/298/
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 9/34 · Low