CVE-2017-15371: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Affected products

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

Published 2017-10-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.