Reachable Assertion Affecting sox package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-SOX-1977285
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed11 Oct 2017

Introduced: 11 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15371  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 sox.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sox package and not the sox package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.