CVE-2019-8355
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.57%
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.
How to fix CVE-2019-8355
To remediate CVE-2019-8355, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/sox—upgrade to 14.4.2+git20190427-1 or later
Is CVE-2019-8355 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 14.4.2+git20190427-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |