Use After Free in Sound Exchange Project
CVE-2017-15642
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.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.015 (73.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.015 · change: -0.011
Affected products
- Sound Exchange Project — versions 14.4.2
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/298/ (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking, Broken Link)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00043.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-02 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/297/ (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking, Broken Link)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00042.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-15642?
- CVE-2017-15642 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sound Exchange Project, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-10-19.
- How severe is CVE-2017-15642?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.