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

> 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 15 Jul 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** AZL-43855, AZL-45171, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-1010004, GHSA-4xr6-8qpq-x858

## 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 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1010004?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sound Exchange Project Sound Exchange.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-1010004?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2019-1010004 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in Sourceforge SoX - Sound eXchange

- [CVE-2021-40426](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-40426/): Memory corruption in libsox (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2021-3643](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-3643/): Information disclosure in sox (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2021-23159](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23159/): Memory corruption in SoX (Sound eXchange) (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2021-23172](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23172/): Memory corruption in SoX (Sound eXchange) (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2021-23210](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23210/): Denial of service in SoX (Sound eXchange) (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-1010004 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Sourceforge SoX - Sound eXchange. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1010004/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1010004/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-1010004
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1010004
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1010004

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