UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15371

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15371
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15371.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15371
Upstream
Published
2017-10-16T04:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:28Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

There is a reachable assertion abort in the function soxappendcomment() 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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / sox

Package

Name
sox
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/sox@14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

14.*

14.4.1-3
14.4.1-3ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libsox-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libsox-fmt-all"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libsox-fmt-alsa"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libsox-fmt-ao"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libsox-fmt-base"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libsox-fmt-mp3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libsox-fmt-oss"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libsox-fmt-pulse"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libsox2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "sox"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / sox

Package

Name
sox
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/sox@14.4.1-5ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
14.4.1-5ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

14.*

14.4.1-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "14.4.1-5ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libsox-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "14.4.1-5ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libsox-fmt-all"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "14.4.1-5ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libsox-fmt-alsa"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "14.4.1-5ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libsox-fmt-ao"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "14.4.1-5ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libsox-fmt-base"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "14.4.1-5ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libsox-fmt-mp3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "14.4.1-5ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libsox-fmt-oss"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "14.4.1-5ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libsox-fmt-pulse"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "14.4.1-5ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libsox2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "14.4.1-5ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "sox"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}