Description
A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in sox, in the startread function at sox/src/hcom.c:160:41. This flaw can lead to a denial of service, code execution, or information disclosure.
Published: 2023-07-10
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-38399 A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in sox, in the startread function at sox/src/hcom.c:160:41. This flaw can lead to a denial of service, code execution, or information disclosure.
History

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Sound Exchange Project
Sound Exchange Project sound Exchange
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:sox_project:sox:14.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sound_exchange_project:sound_exchange:14.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Sox Project
Sox Project sox
Sound Exchange Project
Sound Exchange Project sound Exchange

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Fedoraproject Extra Packages For Enterprise Linux Fedora
Redhat Enterprise Linux
Sound Exchange Project Sound Exchange
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-10-01T16:13:25.791Z

Reserved: 2023-06-06T07:28:27.555Z

Link: CVE-2023-34318

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T16:10:06.793Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-07-10T18:15:10.833

Modified: 2025-06-27T18:51:27.923

Link: CVE-2023-34318

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-05-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-34318 - Bugzilla

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