CVE-2019-8355

libsox3: An issue was discovered in SoX 14.4.2

CVE-2019-8355 is fixed in 9 products on 1 platform, first by libsox-fmt-all 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.1, released February 14, 2019. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
n/a
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0171
77th percentile

An 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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libsox-fmt-all · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.1 libsox-fmt-all 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.1 Feb 14, 2019
libsox-fmt-alsa · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.1 libsox-fmt-alsa 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.1 Feb 14, 2019
libsox-fmt-ao · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.1 libsox-fmt-ao 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.1 Feb 14, 2019
libsox-fmt-base · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.1 libsox-fmt-base 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.1 Feb 14, 2019
libsox-fmt-mp3 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.1 libsox-fmt-mp3 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.1 Feb 14, 2019
libsox-fmt-oss · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.1 libsox-fmt-oss 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.1 Feb 14, 2019
libsox-fmt-pulse · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.1 libsox-fmt-pulse 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.1 Feb 14, 2019
libsox3 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.1 libsox3 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.1 Feb 14, 2019
sox · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.1 sox 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.1 Feb 14, 2019

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