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medium 6.5

CVE-2018-17096 json

The BPMDetect class in BPMDetect.cpp in libSoundTouch.a in Olli Parviainen SoundTouch 2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of serv…

published 2018-09-16 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-8876

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The BPMDetect class in BPMDetect.cpp in libSoundTouch.a in Olli Parviainen SoundTouch 2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit), as demonstrated by SoundStretch.

Patch / fix

  • soundtouch Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.1.2+ds1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17096

  • soundtouch Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2.1.2+ds1-1
  • soundtouch Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.7.1-5ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • soundtouch Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.9.2-2+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • soundtouch Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.9.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17096

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • soundtouch SLES 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP4 +7 more 1.7.1-5.6.1
  • soundtouch SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 1.8.0-3.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:3606-2SUSE-SU-2018:3610-1SUSE-SU-2018:3606-1

  • soundtouch openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.2-1.6

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11393-1

  • soundtouch Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +14 more 2.1.2-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2018-17096

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-17096 updated cvss 6.5

soundtouch: Assertion failure in BPMDetect class in BPMDetect.cpp

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 soundtouch Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 soundtouch
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/soundtouch/2018_09_03 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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