CVE-2019-8357

Publication date 15 February 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

An issue was discovered in SoX 14.4.2. lsx_make_lpf in effect_i_dsp.c allows a NULL pointer dereference.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that SoX incorrectly handled certain MP3 files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-8354, CVE-2019-8355, CVE-2019-8356, CVE-2019-8357)

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
sox	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 14.4.2+git20190427-1
	21.10 impish	Fixed 14.4.2+git20190427-1
	21.04 hirsute	Fixed 14.4.2+git20190427-1
	20.10 groovy	Fixed 14.4.2+git20190427-1
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 14.4.2+git20190427-1
	19.10 eoan	Fixed 14.4.2+git20190427-1
	19.04 disco	Fixed 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.19.04.1
	18.10 cosmic	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1+esm1

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H