*SOX_PLUGINS* environment variable, added in *sox-14.4.2.0-16* to allow overriding standard *sox* path to plugins for the test purposes, is no longer exposed to user.

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Security fix for **CVE-2017-15372**, **CVE-2017-15642**.

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This update for sox fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2017-11332: Fixed the startread function in wav.c,     which allowed remote attackers to cause a DoS     (divide-by-zero) via a crafted wav file. (boo#1081140)

  - CVE-2017-11358: Fixed the read_samples function in     hcom.c, which allowed remote attackers to cause a DoS     (invalid memory read) via a crafted hcom file.
    (boo#1081141)

  - CVE-2017-11359: Fixed the wavwritehdr function in wav.c,     which allowed remote attackers to cause a DoS     (divide-by-zero) when converting a a crafted snd file to     a wav file. (boo#1081142)

  - CVE-2017-15370: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in     the ImaExpandS function of ima_rw.c, which allowed     remote attackers to cause a DoS during conversion of a     crafted audio file. (boo#1063439)

  - CVE-2017-15371: Fixed an assertion abort in the function     sox_append_comment() in formats.c, which allowed remote     attackers to cause a DoS during conversion of a crafted     audio file. (boo#1063450)

  - CVE-2017-15372: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in     the lsx_ms_adpcm_block_expand_i function of adpcm.c,     which allowed remote attackers to cause a DoS during     conversion of a crafted audio file. (boo#1063456)

  - CVE-2017-15642: Fixed an Use-After-Free vulnerability in     lsx_aiffstartread in aiff.c, which could be triggered by     an attacker by providing a malformed AIFF file.
    (boo#1064576)

  - CVE-2017-18189: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference     triggered by a corrupt header specifying zero channels     in the startread function in xa.c, which allowed remote     attackers to cause a DoS (boo#1081146).

According to the versions of the sox package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - An issue was discovered in libsox.a in SoX 14.4.2. In     sox-fmt.h (startread function), there is an integer     overflow on the result of integer addition (wraparound     to 0) fed into the lsx_calloc macro that wraps malloc.
    When a NULL pointer is returned, it is used without a     prior check that it is a valid pointer, leading to a     NULL pointer dereference on lsx_readbuf in     formats_i.c.(CVE-2019-13590)

  - An issue was discovered in SoX 14.4.2. In xmalloc.h,     there is an integer overflow on the result of     multiplication fed into the lsx_valloc macro that wraps     malloc. When the buffer is allocated, it is smaller     than expected, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow     in channels_start in remix.c.(CVE-2019-8355)

  - An issue was discovered in SoX 14.4.2. lsx_make_lpf in     effect_i_dsp.c allows a NULL pointer     dereference.(CVE-2019-8357)

  - 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.(CVE-2019-8356)

  - In lsx_aiffstartread in aiff.c in Sound eXchange (SoX)     14.4.2, there is a Use-After-Free vulnerability     triggered by supplying a malformed AIFF     file.(CVE-2017-15642)

  - The read_samples function in hcom.c in Sound eXchange     (SoX) 14.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (invalid memory read and application crash)     via a crafted hcom file.(CVE-2017-11358)

  - The startread function in wav.c in Sound eXchange (SoX)     14.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (divide-by-zero error and application crash)     via a crafted wav file.(CVE-2017-11332)

  - The wavwritehdr function in wav.c in Sound eXchange     (SoX) 14.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash)     via a crafted snd file, during conversion to a wav     file.(CVE-2017-11359)

  - There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the ImaExpandS     function of ima_rw.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2. A     Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack     during conversion of an audio file.(CVE-2017-15370)

  - There is a reachable assertion abort in the function     sox_append_comment() in formats.c in Sound eXchange     (SoX) 14.4.2. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of     service attack during conversion of an audio     file.(CVE-2017-15371)

  - There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the     lsx_ms_adpcm_block_expand_i function of adpcm.c in     Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2. A Crafted input will lead     to a denial of service attack during conversion of an     audio file.(CVE-2017-15372)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201810-02 (SoX: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in SoX. Please review the       referenced CVE identifiers for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker, by enticing a user to process a crafted WAV, HCOM,       SND, or AIFF file, could cause a Denial of Service condition.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

According to the versions of the sox package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - An issue was discovered in SoX 14.4.2. In xmalloc.h,     there is an integer overflow on the result of     multiplication fed into the lsx_valloc macro that wraps     malloc. When the buffer is allocated, it is smaller     than expected, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow     in channels_start in remix.c.(CVE-2019-8355)

  - 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.(CVE-2019-8356)

  - An issue was discovered in SoX 14.4.2. lsx_make_lpf in     effect_i_dsp.c allows a NULL pointer     dereference.(CVE-2019-8357)

  - An issue was discovered in libsox.a in SoX 14.4.2. In     sox-fmt.h (startread function), there is an integer     overflow on the result of integer addition (wraparound     to 0) fed into the lsx_calloc macro that wraps malloc.
    When a NULL pointer is returned, it is used without a     prior check that it is a valid pointer, leading to a     NULL pointer dereference on lsx_readbuf in     formats_i.c.(CVE-2019-13590)

  - The startread function in wav.c in Sound eXchange (SoX)     14.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (divide-by-zero error and application crash)     via a crafted wav file.(CVE-2017-11332)

  - The read_samples function in hcom.c in Sound eXchange     (SoX) 14.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (invalid memory read and application crash)     via a crafted hcom file.(CVE-2017-11358)

  - The wavwritehdr function in wav.c in Sound eXchange     (SoX) 14.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash)     via a crafted snd file, during conversion to a wav     file.(CVE-2017-11359)

  - There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the ImaExpandS     function of ima_rw.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2. A     Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack     during conversion of an audio file.(CVE-2017-15370)

  - There is a reachable assertion abort in the function     sox_append_comment() in formats.c in Sound eXchange     (SoX) 14.4.2. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of     service attack during conversion of an audio     file.(CVE-2017-15371)

  - There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the     lsx_ms_adpcm_block_expand_i function of adpcm.c in     Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2. A Crafted input will lead     to a denial of service attack during conversion of an     audio file.(CVE-2017-15372)

  - In lsx_aiffstartread in aiff.c in Sound eXchange (SoX)     14.4.2, there is a Use-After-Free vulnerability     triggered by supplying a malformed AIFF     file.(CVE-2017-15642)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The version of sox installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2017-15370 advisory.

  - There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the ImaExpandS function of ima_rw.c in Sound eXchange (SoX)     14.4.2. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack during conversion of an audio file.
    (CVE-2017-15370)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Various security vulnerabilities were discovered in sox, a command line utility to convert audio formats, that may lead to a denial of service (application crash / infinite loop) or memory corruptions by processing a malformed input file.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 14.4.0-3+deb7u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your sox packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Security fix for **CVE-2017-15372**, **CVE-2017-15642**.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the sox package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - SoX (Sound eXchange) is a sound file format converter     SoX can convert between many different digitized sound     formats and perform simple sound manipulation     functions, including sound effects.Security Fix(es):The     startread function in wav.c in Sound eXchange (SoX)     14.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (divide-by-zero error and application crash)     via a crafted wav file.(CVE-2017-11332)The read_samples     function in hcom.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (invalid memory read and application crash) via a     crafted hcom file.(CVE-2017-11358)The wavwritehdr     function in wav.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2 allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a     crafted snd file, during conversion to a wav     file.(CVE-2017-11359)There is a heap-based buffer     overflow in the ImaExpandS function of ima_rw.c in     Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2. A Crafted input will lead     to a denial of service attack during conversion of an     audio file.(CVE-2017-15370)There is a reachable     assertion abort in the function sox_append_comment() in     formats.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2. A Crafted     input will lead to a denial of service attack during     conversion of an audio file.(CVE-2017-15371)There is a     stack-based buffer overflow in the     lsx_ms_adpcm_block_expand_i function of adpcm.c in     Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2. A Crafted input will lead     to a denial of service attack during conversion of an     audio file.(CVE-2017-15372)In lsx_aiffstartread in     aiff.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2, there is a     Use-After-Free vulnerability triggered by supplying a     malformed AIFF file.(CVE-2017-15642)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The version of sox installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2017-15370 advisory.

  - There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the ImaExpandS function of ima_rw.c in Sound eXchange (SoX)     14.4.2. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack during conversion of an audio file.
    (CVE-2017-15370)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the ImaExpandS function of ima_rw.c in Sound eXchange (SoX)     14.4.2. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack during conversion of an audio file.
    (CVE-2017-15370)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Security fix for **CVE-2017-15370** and **CVE-2017-15371**

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in SoX (Sound eXchange), a sound processing program :

CVE-2017-15370

The ImaAdpcmReadBlock function (src/wav.c) is affected by a heap buffer overflow. This vulnerability might be leveraged by remote attackers using a crafted WAV file to cause denial of service (application crash).

CVE-2017-15372

The lsx_ms_adpcm_block_expand_i function (adpcm.c) is affected by a stack based buffer overflow. This vulnerability might be leveraged by remote attackers using a crafted audio file to cause denial of service (application crash).

CVE-2017-15642

The lsx_aiffstartread function (aiff.c) is affected by a use-after-free vulnerability. This flaw might be leveraged by remote attackers using a crafted AIFF file to cause denial of service (application crash).

CVE-2017-18189

The startread function (xa.c) is affected by a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. This flaw might be leveraged by remote attackers using a crafted Maxis XA audio file to cause denial of service (application crash).

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 14.4.1-5+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your sox packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
106913	Fedora 26 : sox (2018-aa1bf1711d)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	2/21/2018	10/29/2025	medium
106917	openSUSE Security Update : sox (openSUSE-2018-185)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	2/21/2018	10/29/2025	high
149127	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : sox (EulerOS-SA-2021-1850)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	4/30/2021	1/3/2024	medium
117967	GLSA-201810-02 : SoX: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	10/9/2018	7/31/2024	medium
146720	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : sox (EulerOS-SA-2021-1359)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	2/22/2021	1/19/2024	medium
204605	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: sox (CVE-2017-15370)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	7/24/2024	2/10/2025	medium
104939	Debian DLA-1197-1 : sox security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	12/1/2017	11/12/2025	medium
106830	Fedora 27 : sox (2018-ec93095a73)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	2/15/2018	10/29/2025	medium
146134	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : sox (EulerOS-SA-2021-1231)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	2/4/2021	1/24/2024	medium
215818	Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: sox (CVE-2017-15370)	Nessus	Azure Linux Local Security Checks	2/10/2025	9/15/2025	medium
220500	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-15370	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	10/13/2025	medium
106284	Fedora 26 : sox (2018-b26768593c)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/24/2018	10/31/2025	medium
106285	Fedora 27 : sox (2018-b528f28c59)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/24/2018	10/31/2025	medium
122512	Debian DLA-1695-1 : sox security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	3/1/2019	6/18/2024	high

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