Denial of service in SoX

1) Uncaught Exception

EUVDB-ID: #VU80520

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-32627

CWE-ID: CWE-248 - Uncaught Exception

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a floating point exception within the read_samples() function at sox/src/voc.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file and crash the application.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

SoX: 14.0.0 - 14.4.2

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:sox_sourceforge_net:sox:14.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:sox_sourceforge_net:sox:14.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:sox_sourceforge_net:sox:14.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32627
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2212282
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00015.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.