Description
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.
Exploits (1)
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit
x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42398/
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00043.html
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/81
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-02
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00007.html
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0517
EPSS Percentile
89.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-369
Status
published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux
7.0
debian/debian_linux
8.0
sound_exchange_project/sound_exchange
14.4.2
Published
Jul 31, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026