Is CVE-2017-15642 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-15642 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-15642?

CVE-2017-15642 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-15642?

CVE-2017-15642 has an EPSS score of 1.49% (71th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-15642?

Upgrade sox on debian 11 to 14.4.2-2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-15642

MEDIUMEPSS 71th pctl

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-416Use After Free

How to fix

Remediation Available

soxDebian

Fixed in:14.4.2-2CVE-2017-15642

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.49%probability of exploitation in 30 days

71stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 71% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory5

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-416 (Use After Free) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2019-0708	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-31166	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-5119	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2010-3962	High	8.1	97%	KEV	-
CVE-2015-0313	Critical	9.8	96%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2017-9798	High	7.5	95%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.