CVE-2004-0557
Multiple buffer overflows in the st_wavstartread function in wav.c for Sound eXchange (SoX) 12.17.2 through 12.17.4 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain WAV file header fields.
02 Description
Multiple buffer overflows in the st_wavstartread function in wav.c for Sound eXchange (SoX) 12.17.2 through 12.17.4 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain WAV file header fields.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 25.08% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-08-02 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-06-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6c5d0e6dd51db16708e38fcfefac3d9e424d48346f845534f5e1b1bc6f28eeca
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2004:409http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-409.html
- www.securityfocus.com10819http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10819
- bugzilla.fedora.usFLSA:1945https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1945
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200407-23http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-23.xml
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9801https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9801
- secunia.com12175http://secunia.com/advisories/12175
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comsox-wav-bo(16827)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16827
- www.debian.orgDSA-565http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-565
- lwn.netFEDORA-2004-244http://lwn.net/Articles/95530/
- lwn.netFEDORA-2004-235http://lwn.net/Articles/95529/
- archives.neohapsis.com20040728 SoX buffer overflows when handling .WAV fileshttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2004-q3/0014.html
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2004:076http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:076
- distro.conectiva.com.brCLA-2004:855http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000855
- seclists.org20040728 SoX buffer overflows when handling .WAV fileshttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2004/Jul/1227.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- sox Fixed in 12.17.4-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- sox Fixed in 12.17.4-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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