Description
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.
Published: 2017-07-31
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: 5.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1197-1 sox security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1705-1 sox security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-2988 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.
History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01581}

epss

{'score': 0.03304}


Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux
Sound Exchange Project Sound Exchange
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:05:30.566Z

Reserved: 2017-07-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-11359

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-31T13:29:01.097

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-11359

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-07-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-11359 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses