CVE-2019-1010004 Denial of service in SoX - Sound eXchange

Medium 5.5 Published 15 Jul 2019 Updated 5 Aug 2024

An out-of-bounds read in SoX allows attackers to cause a denial of service by tricking users into opening a specially crafted .xa file.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2019-1010004?

CVE-2019-1010004 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sourceforge SoX - Sound eXchange, published on 15 Jul 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

SoX - Sound eXchange 14.4.2 and earlier is affected by: Out-of-bounds Read. The impact is: Denial of Service. The component is: read_samples function at xa.c:219. The attack vector is: Victim must open specially crafted .xa file. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2017-18189.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1010004?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sound Exchange Project Sound Exchange.

How do I fix CVE-2019-1010004?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2019-1010004 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1010004 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as AZL-43855, AZL-45171, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-1010004, GHSA-4xr6-8qpq-x858.