# CVE-2017-15642: In lsx\_aiffstartread in aiff.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2, there is a Use-After-Free vulnerability triggered by supplying a malformed AI

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-10-19 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In lsx_aiffstartread in aiff.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2, there is a Use-After-Free vulnerability triggered by supplying a malformed AIFF file.

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## References

- https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/298/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00043.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-02
- https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/297/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00042.html

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