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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-11359: Divide By Zero

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-11359: Divide By Zero

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/31/2017
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/22/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-sox

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