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SoX ".WAV" File Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA12175
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Release Date:
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2004-07-29
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Popularity:
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8,418 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | SoX 12.17.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2004-0557
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Description:
Ulf Harnhammar has reported two vulnerabilities in SoX, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to boundary errors within the "st_wavstartread()" function when processing ".WAV" file headers and can be exploited to cause stack-based buffer overflows.
Successful exploitation requires that a user is tricked into playing a malicious ".WAV" file with a large value in a length field.
The vulnerabilities have been reported in versions 12.17.4, 12.17.3, and 12.17.2. Older versions are reportedly not affected.
Solution:
Don't play untrusted ".WAV" files.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Ulf Harnhammar
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