CVE-2022-50798

medium

Description

SoX 14.4.2 contains a division by zero vulnerability when handling WAV files that can cause program crashes. Attackers can trigger a floating point exception by providing a specially crafted WAV file that causes arithmetic errors during sound file processing.

References

https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2022-5712.php

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sox-denial-of-service-vulnerability-via-wav-file-processing

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51034

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoX

http://sox.sourceforge.net

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-12-30

Updated: 2025-12-31

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0003