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CVE-2017-15370

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15370 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2 audio processing library, specifically within the ImaExpandS function of ima_rw.c. This vulnerability affects Debian Linux distributions and the SoX project, allowing a crafted audio file to trigger a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to exploit, leading to high availability impact (A:H) but no confidentiality or integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
14.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sound_exchange_project:sound_exchange:14.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0172 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (12)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16901-17084Fixed in: 14.4.2.0-33
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16900-16823Fixed in: 14.4.2.0-33
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16901-16817Fixed in: 14.4.2.0-33
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 sox 14.4.2.0-33 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 14.4.2.0-33
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 sox 14.4.2.0-33 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 14.4.2.0-33
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 14.4.2.0-33
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 14.4.2.0-33
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 x64Fixed in: 14.4.2.0-33
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 ARMFixed in: 14.4.2.0-33
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: sox
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: sox
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: sox

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2024-Sep/CVE-2017-15370

CVE-2017-15370

Sep 10, 2024
redhatCVE-2017-15370Low

sox: Heap-based buffer overflow in the ImaExpandS function

Oct 11, 2017
microsoft2017-Oct/CVE-2017-15370Moderate

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.

Oct 10, 2017

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00043.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00042.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201810-02
Third Party Advisory