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CVE-2017-15642

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15642 is a Use-After-Free vulnerability in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2, specifically within the lsx_aiffstartread function in aiff.c, triggered by processing a crafted AIFF file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

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
1.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0149 is in the 82nd 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

Vendor Patches (3)

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 (1)

redhatCVE-2017-15642Low

sox: Use-after-free in lsx_aiffstartread

Oct 17, 2017

References

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
sourceforge.net / p/sox/bugs/297
Broken LinkIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
sourceforge.net / p/sox/bugs/298
Broken LinkIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory