CVE-2019-8355

Summary

CVECVE-2019-8355
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-02-15 23:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787 | CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sound Exchange Project Sound Exchange 14.4.2 All All All
Application Sound Exchange Project Sound Exchange 14.4.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 1808-1] sox security update MLIST lists.debian.org
SoX - Sound eXchange / Bugs / #320 Integer Overflow in xmalloc.h MISC sourceforge.net Third Party Advisory
USN-4079-2: SoX vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-4079-1: SoX vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501254 Alpine Linux Security Update for sox
  • 670225 EulerOS Security Update for sox (EulerOS-SA-2021-1850)
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