Vigil@nce - SoX: buffer overflow via start_read AdpcmReadBlock
April 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Debian, Fedora, Solaris.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: user access/rights, denial of service on service,
denial of service on client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 25/02/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a buffer overflow via start_read() or
AdpcmReadBlock() of SoX, in order to trigger a denial of service,
and possibly to run code.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/SoX-buffer-overflow-via-start-read-AdpcmReadBlock-28586