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CVE-2019-8356

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  • Published2019-02-15
  • WeaknessCWE-129 · CWE-787

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Description

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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2019-02-1523:29CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD
Sound exchange project sound exchange
BranchAffectedFixed in
14.4= 14.4.2no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • soxUbuntu:Pro:14.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1+esm1
  • soxUbuntu:18.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • soxUbuntu:16.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1
  • soxopenEuler:24.03-LTS-SP1all versions · fixed in 14.4.2.0-31.oe2403sp1
  • soxopenEuler:24.03-LTSall versions · fixed in 14.4.2.0-31.oe2403
  • soxopenEuler:22.03-LTS-SP4all versions · fixed in 14.4.2.0-31.oe2203sp4
  • soxopenEuler:22.03-LTS-SP3all versions · fixed in 14.4.2.0-31.oe2203sp3
  • soxopenEuler:22.03-LTS-SP1all versions · fixed in 14.4.2.0-31.oe2203sp1

22 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2019-8356 Red Hat Product Security3 known affected

    sox: stack-based buffer overflow in bitrv2 in fft4g.c

    sox as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · sox-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · sox.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. No fix planned, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2019-8356 · 3 productsWill not fix

Detection

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ProjectDiscovery
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Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
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Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2019-02-15
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-q96g-69rj-hjwx

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-8356?

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.

Is CVE-2019-8356 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2019-8356 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.8% on 2026-11-08, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-8356?

CVE-2019-8356 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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