CVE-2017-18189
moderate-risk
Published 2018-02-15
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.
Do I need to act?
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6.6% 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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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 7.5/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (2)
Affected Vendors
References (12)
42
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
26/34 · High
Exploitability
9/34 · Low
Exposure
7/34 · Low