Double-free error in SoundTouch - CVE-2018-17097

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU15947

Double-free error in SoundTouch - CVE-2018-17097

Published: November 19, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15947
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17097
CWE-ID: CWE-415
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to double-free error in WavFileBase class in WavFile.cpp in Olli Parviainen SoundTouch. A remote attacker can send specially crafted input and cause the application exit, as demonstrated by SoundStretch.


Affected software

SoundTouch
soundtouch (Alpine package)
soundtouch
Opensuse
Fedora

How to mitigate CVE-2018-17097

Update to version 2.1.

SoundTouch - update to 2.1
soundtouch (Alpine package) - update to 2.1.2-r0
soundtouch - addressed in versions 2.1.1-1.fc27, 2.1.1-1.fc28, 2.1.1-1.fc29

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