Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 16, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-15371

Description

There is a reachable assertion abort in the function sox_append_comment() in formats.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack during conversion of an audio file.

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Affected products

Sound Exchange Project/Sound Exchange
cpe:2.3:a:sound_exchange_project:sound_exchange:14.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Debian/linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Sound Exchange Project/SoXllm-fuzzy
Range: =14.4.2
osv-coords2 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/sox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/suse/sox&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2012%20SP3
< 14.4.2-5.17+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 14.4.2-5.17
- (no CPE)range: < 14.4.2-5.1

Patches

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References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00043.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00007.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-02nvdThird Party Advisory

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