#VU32016 Division by zero in SoX - CVE-2017-11359
Published: July 31, 2017 / Updated: July 29, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32016
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11359
CWE-ID: CWE-369
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
SoX
SoX
Software vendor:
sox.sourceforge.net
sox.sourceforge.net
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to divide-by-zero error within The wavwritehdr function in wav.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted snd file, during conversion to a wav file.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.