Denial of service in SoX

1) Uncaught Exception

EUVDB-ID: #VU80520

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

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

External links

http://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32627
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2212282
http://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.