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Status published
Critical
CVE-2004-0557
Multiple buffer overflows in the st_wavstartread function in wav.c for...
Vulnerability Description
Multiple buffer overflows in the st_wavstartread function in wav.c for Sound eXchange (SoX) 12.17.2 through 12.17.4 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain WAV file header fields.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-409.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10819
- https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1945
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-23.xml
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9801
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12175
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16827
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-565
- http://lwn.net/Articles/95530/
- http://lwn.net/Articles/95529/
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2004-q3/0014.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:076
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000855
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2004/Jul/1227.html
Affected Vendor
Affected Software
sox, linux, enterprise linux, enterprise linux desktop, fedora core
Vulnerable Versions:
12.17.2, 12.17.3, 12.17.4, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 1.4, 3.0, core_1.0, core_2.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 2nd, 2004
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.