CVE-2019-8355

sox: integer overflow in xmalloc.h

Published Feb 15, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 5.5 Medium EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in SoX 14.4.2. In xmalloc.h, there is an integer overflow on the result of multiplication fed into the lsx_valloc macro that wraps malloc. When the buffer is allocated, it is smaller than expected, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in channels_start in remix.c.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1808-1 sox security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-17745 An issue was discovered in SoX 14.4.2. In xmalloc.h, there is an integer overflow on the result of multiplication fed into the lsx_valloc macro that wraps malloc. When the buffer is allocated, it is smaller than expected, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in channels_start in remix.c.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4079-1 SoX vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4079-2 SoX vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00218}

epss

{'score': 0.0024}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 9:17 PM
Reserved
Feb 15, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 15, 2019, 11:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:41 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Feb 7, 2019, 12:00 AM