| Name | CVE-2019-8355 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1808-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 927906 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| sox (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 14.4.1-5+deb8u7 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 14.4.1-5+deb9u5 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 14.4.2+git20190427-1+deb10u3 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u2 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 14.4.2+git20190427-3.5 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 14.4.2+git20190427-5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sox | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| sox | source | jessie | 14.4.1-5+deb8u4 | DLA-1808-1 | ||
| sox | source | stretch | 14.4.1-5+deb9u2 | |||
| sox | source | (unstable) | 14.4.2+git20190427-1 | 927906 |
https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/320
https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/code/ci/f8587e2d50dad72d40453ac1191c539ee9e50381/