#VU17769 Integer overflow in SoX - CVE-2019-8355
Published: February 19, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17769
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-8355
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
SoX
SoX
Software vendor:
sox.sourceforge.net
sox.sourceforge.net
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in xmalloc.h when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into executing a file that submits malicious input to the targeted system with the sox command, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow condition channels_start in remix.c and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.