Medium severity · published Oct 16, 2017
CVE-2017-15370
There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the ImaExpandS function of ima_rw.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2
5.5
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the ImaExpandS function of ima_rw.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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
SE
Sound Exchange · Sound Exchange Project
14.4.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15370
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15370
Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500554
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
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