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

Medium severity · published Oct 19, 2017

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

5.5

CVSS

1.5%

EPSS

On KEV

Description

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.

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)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Debian Linux · Debian

7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD

Sound Exchange · Sound Exchange Project

14.4.2 · source: NVD

Affected product

Debian Linux

Debian

All Debian Linux CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15642

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15642

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

Broken Link

https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/297/

Broken Link

https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/298/