Infinite Loop and NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability in Sound eXchange (SoX)

CVE-2017-18189

In the startread function in xa.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) through 14.4.2, a corrupt header specifying zero channels triggers an infinite loop with a resultant NULL pointer dereference, which may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service.

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