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CVE-2017-11359 json

The wavwritehdr function in wav.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-2988

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.6%
EPSS 6.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The wavwritehdr function in wav.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted snd file, during conversion to a wav file.

Patch / fix

  • sox Debian 13, Debian 12 14.4.2-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11359

  • sox Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1
  • sox Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 14.4.1-5ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11359

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • sox openSUSE Tumbleweed 14.4.2-5.17
  • sox Package Hub 12 SP3 14.4.2-5.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11394-1openSUSE-SU-2018:0489-1openSUSE-SU-2018:0493-1

  • sox Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +12 more 14.4.2-r5

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-11359

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • sox Arch Linux 14.4.2-3

arch linux advisories AVG-610

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-11359 updated cvss 3.3

sox: Devide by zero in wavwritehdr function in wav.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 sox Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 sox Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 sox
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-42398)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-42398 Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2 - Multiple Vulnerabilities dos, 2017-07-31
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/81 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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