sox: stack-based buffer overflow in bitrv2 in fft4g.c
Published Feb 15, 2019
6.7
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.80%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 14.4.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
sox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
sox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
sox
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | sox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | sox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | sox | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (22 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.80% (0.01800) | 77.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 1.81% (0.01808) | 77.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 2.81% (0.02813) | 85.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 1.81% (0.01808) | 77.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.81% (0.02813) | 85.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 1.81% (0.01808) | 77.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 2.81% (0.02813) | 85.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 1.81% (0.01808) | 76.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 2.81% (0.02813) | 85.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.81% (0.01808) | 75.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 21, 2025 | 1.33% (0.01329) | 79.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.24% (0.00236) | 43.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.46% (0.02460) | 75.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.12% (0.00118) | 46.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.12% (0.00118) | 46.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.12% (0.00118) | 44.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.79% (0.01787) | 54.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 4.50% (0.04504) | 76.47th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 4.50% (0.04504) | 76.26th | v1 |
| Jan 5, 2022 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 65.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (8)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8356 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1678295 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00040.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8356
- https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/321 x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4079-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4079-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-8356
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8356 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1678295 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00040.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8356 | ||
| https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/321 | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4079-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4079-2/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-8356 |
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