Out-of-bounds read in SoundTouch - CVE-2017-9260
Published: July 27, 2017 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38640
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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-2017-9260
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Bose Corporation
Affected software:
SoundTouch
SoundTouch
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in The TDStretchSSE::calcCrossCorr function in source/SoundTouch/sse_optimized.cpp in SoundTouch 1.9.2. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted wav file.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-9260
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.