Description
An issue was discovered in SoX 14.4.2. lsx_make_lpf in effect_i_dsp.c has an integer overflow on the result of multiplication fed into malloc. When the buffer is allocated, it is smaller than expected, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/319
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00040.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4079-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4079-2/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.0
EPSS
0.0070
EPSS Percentile
72.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-190
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (5)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
19.04
debian/debian_linux
8.0
sound_exchange_project/sound_exchange
14.4.2
Published
Feb 15, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026