CVE-2004-0557 EXPLOIT
10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 25.1% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in the st_wavstartread function in wav.c for Sound eXchange (SoX) 12.17.2 through 12.17.4 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain WAV file header fields.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 25.08% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2004-08-06 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (6)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| conectiva | linux |
| gentoo | linux |
| redhat | enterprise linux |
| redhat | enterprise linux desktop |
| redhat | fedora core |
| sox | sox |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | SoX - '.wav' Local Buffer Overflow | 2004-08-04 |
| exploit-db | SoX - Local Buffer Overflow | 2004-08-01 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2004-q3/0014.html
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000855
- http://lwn.net/Articles/95529/
- http://lwn.net/Articles/95530/
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2004/Jul/1227.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12175
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-565
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-23.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:076
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-409.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10819
- https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1945
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16827
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9801
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2004-q3/0014.html
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000855
- http://lwn.net/Articles/95529/
- http://lwn.net/Articles/95530/
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2004/Jul/1227.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12175
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