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GHSA-GR6G-859C-3J6J

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-31 00:31 – Updated: 2025-12-31 00:31

Details

SoX 14.4.2 contains a division by zero vulnerability when handling WAV files that can cause program crashes. Attackers can trigger a floating point exception by providing a specially crafted WAV file that causes arithmetic errors during sound file processing.

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.7 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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  "id": "GHSA-gr6g-859c-3j6j",
  "modified": "2025-12-31T00:31:10Z",
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CVE-2022-50798 (GCVE-0-2022-50798)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-30 22:41 – Updated: 2025-12-30 22:41

Title

SoX 14.4.2 Denial of Service Vulnerability via WAV File Processing

Summary

Severity ?

6.7 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

CWE-369 - Divide By Zero

Assigner

VulnCheck

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51034	exploit
	http://sox.sourceforge.net	product
	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoX	product
	https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL…	third-party-advisory
	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sox-denial-o…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Chris Bagwell	SoX	Affected: 14.4.2

Credits

LiquidWorm as Gjoko Krstic of Zero Science Lab

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-GR6G-859C-3J6J

CVE-2022-50798 (GCVE-0-2022-50798)

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