CVE-2017-18189 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Sound eXchange (SoX) through version 14.4.2, including its Debian packages. A remote attacker can trigger an infinite loop and NULL pointer dereference by providing a crafted audio header with zero channels in the startread function of xa.c. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited over the network with low complexity and without user interaction, leading to a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 14.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sound_exchange_project:sound_exchange:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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