CVE-2004-0557

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    CVE-2004-0557

    Published: 6 Aug 2004Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/12175, http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-565, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-23.xml, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:076, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-409.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10819, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10819, 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://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2004-q3/0014.html, http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000855, http://lwn.net/Articles/95529/, http://lwn.net/Articles/95530/, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2004/Jul/1227.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16827, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9801

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High