Out-of-Bounds Affecting sox package, versions <14.4.2-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.08% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-SOX-292352
  • published 16 Oct 2017
  • disclosed 16 Oct 2017

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable sox to version 14.4.2-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sox package and not the sox package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the lsx_ms_adpcm_block_expand_i function of adpcm.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.