CVE-2019-8356
Publication date 15 February 2019
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
An issue was discovered in SoX 14.4.2. One of the arguments to bitrv2 in fft4g.c is not guarded, such that it can lead to write access outside of the statically declared array, aka a stack-based buffer overflow.
From the Ubuntu Security Team
It was discovered that SoX incorrectly handled certain MP3 files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-8354, CVE-2019-8355, CVE-2019-8356, CVE-2019-8357)
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| sox | 22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed 14.4.2+git20190427-1
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 14.4.2+git20190427-1
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.1
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1+esm1
|
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| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
5.5 · Medium
|
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-4079-1
- SoX vulnerabilities
- 30 July 2019
- USN-4079-2
- SoX vulnerabilities
- 1 August 2019