CVE-2017-11359: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 6.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only
• Sound Exchange Project Sound Exchange: version 14.4.2 only

Published 2017-07-31. Last modified 2026-06-17.