An issue was discovered in SoX 14.4.2.
Priority LOW 28CWE-129Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-129 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
An issue was discovered in SoX 14.4.2. One of the arguments to bitrv2 in fft4g.c is not guarded, such that it can lead to write access outside of the statically declared array, aka a stack-based buffer overflow.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.018 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:sound_exchange_project:sound_exchange:14.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 14.4.2 | Vulnerable | Sound Exchange Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:sound_exchange_project:sound_exchange:14.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 14.4.2 Vulnerable ·Sound Exchange Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-8356
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q96g-69rj-hjwx
References
More Sound Exchange Project Sound Exchange vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-17489 Heap-based buffer overflow in Sound Exchange libsox CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2014-06760 Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.1 and earlier allow… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-02588 Out-of-bounds read in sox CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2017-13374 In the startread function in xa.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) through 14.4.2, a corrupt… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-17258 Heap-buffer-overflow in src/formats_i.c CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2023-17151 Heap-buffer-overflow in src/hcom.c CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2019-8356 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-8356 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q96g-69rj-hjwx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2019-8356 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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