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Critical USN-5904-1 9 CVEs

sox vulnerabilities

Published Mar 2, 2023 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Summary

Helmut Grohne discovered that SoX incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM,
and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-13590)

Helmut Grohne discovered that SoX incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2021-23159, CVE-2021-23172, CVE-2021-23210,
CVE-2021-33844, CVE-2021-3643, CVE-2021-40426, CVE-2022-31650, and
CVE-2022-31651)

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS sox 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.2
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS sox 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.20.04.1
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS sox 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.22.04.1
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS sox 14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1+esm2
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS sox 14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1+esm1

Vulnerabilities 9

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-13590
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3643
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-23159
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-23172
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-23210
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-33844
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-40426
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-31650
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-31651