Vulnerability in Sound Exchange Project
CVE-2017-11359
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.
EPSS: 0.066 (93.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Sound_exchange_project Sound_exchange — versions 14.4.2
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-11359?
- CVE-2017-11359 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sound Exchange Project, classified under Divide By Zero. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-07-31.
- How severe is CVE-2017-11359?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.