Reachable Assertion - CVE-2017-15371
Published: October 16, 2017 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33350
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15371
CWE-ID: CWE-617
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
There is a reachable assertion abort in the function sox_append_comment() in formats.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.
Affected software
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
sox (Alpine package)
sox
Fedora
sox (Alpine package)
sox
How to mitigate CVE-2017-15371
Install update from vendor's website.
sox (Alpine package) - update to 14.4.2-r5
sox - addressed in versions 14.4.2.0-13.fc26, 14.4.2.0-13.fc27, 14.4.2.0-14.fc26, 14.4.2.0-14.fc27, 14.4.2.0-16.fc26, 14.4.2.0-16.fc27, 14.4.2.0-17.fc26
sox - addressed in versions 14.4.2.0-13.fc26, 14.4.2.0-13.fc27, 14.4.2.0-14.fc26, 14.4.2.0-14.fc27, 14.4.2.0-16.fc26, 14.4.2.0-16.fc27, 14.4.2.0-17.fc26