What is CVE-2017-15371?

CVE-2017-15371 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sound Exchange Project, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-10-16.

How severe is CVE-2017-15371?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Sound Exchange Project

CVE-2017-15371

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.

EPSS: 0.016 (73.8th 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)

CWE-617 — Reachable Assertion

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15371?: CVE-2017-15371 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sound Exchange Project, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-10-16.
How severe is CVE-2017-15371?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.