CVE-2017-15642 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2017-15642?

CVE-2017-15642 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 19 Oct 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15642?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Sound Exchange Project Sound Exchange.

How do I fix CVE-2017-15642?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2017-15642 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15642 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-43615, AZL-45417, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15642, GHSA-363g-vch7-x5j4, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15642.