#VU38639 Resource exhaustion in SoundTouch - CVE-2017-9259

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#VU38639 Resource exhaustion in SoundTouch - CVE-2017-9259

Published: July 27, 2017 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU38639
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/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-2017-9259
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
SoundTouch
Software vendor:
Bose Corporation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The TDStretch::acceptNewOverlapLength function in source/SoundTouch/TDStretch.cpp in SoundTouch 1.9.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory allocation error and application crash) via a crafted wav file.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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