CVE-2017-18189
mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.051 · 92 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In the startread function in xa.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) through 14.4.2, a corrupt header specifying zero channels triggers an infinite loop with a resultant NULL pointer dereference, which may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- Fixedsox-0:14.4.1-7.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-0:14.4.1-7.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-0:14.4.1-7.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-0:14.4.1-7.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-0:14.4.1-7.el7.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-0:14.4.1-7.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-0:14.4.1-7.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-0:14.4.1-7.el7.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-0:14.4.1-7.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-0:14.4.1-7.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-0:14.4.1-7.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-0:14.4.1-7.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-0:14.4.1-7.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-0:14.4.1-7.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-0:14.4.1-7.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-0:14.4.1-7.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-0:14.4.1-7.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-debuginfo-0:14.4.1-7.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-devel-0:14.4.1-7.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-devel-0:14.4.1-7.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-devel-0:14.4.1-7.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-devel-0:14.4.1-7.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-devel-0:14.4.1-7.el7.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-devel-0:14.4.1-7.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-devel-0:14.4.1-7.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-devel-0:14.4.1-7.el7.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-devel-0:14.4.1-7.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-devel-0:14.4.1-7.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-devel-0:14.4.1-7.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-devel-0:14.4.1-7.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283 - Fixedsox-devel-0:14.4.1-7.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 3.3–7.5
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
affected products (71)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- sound exchange project sound exchange≤ 14.4.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sound_exchange_project:sound_exchange:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (2)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- RHSA-2019:2283Red Hat Security Advisory: sox security update2019-08-06csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for sox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
- WID-SEC-W-2022-0517Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2019-08-06csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer oder authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um dadurch die Integrität, Vertraulichkeit und Verfügbarkeit zu gefährden.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (21)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283cnnvd
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881121cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00042.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62RARFRXGKPNNFFNVDV7DHJSOKAIZ3CX/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EUKFZQSZG2ABMTAMOGBMY7MJNSGEIYTL/cnnvd
- https://public-inbox.org/sox-devel/20171109114554.16297-1-mans@mansr.com/rawcnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/76270cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2019.3012/cnnvd
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