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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0557

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.

Products
sox
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
12.17.4-9
CVEs
CVE-2004-0557
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 14:24 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0557

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Aug 2004, 04:00 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0557

sox

Fixed versions: 12.17.4-9

sox

Fixed versions: 12.17.4-9

Complete source record
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  "id": "222adfaba825a5e69ed28948eba9d8cfa6d6cf54ecbef4dfba39c773f5cd028d",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0557",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0557",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0557",
    "products": [
      {
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          "value": "sox",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
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          {
            "value": "12.17.4-9",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
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      },
      {
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          }
        ],
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      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
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              ]
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          ],
          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/sox?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-21T15:47:29.435853130Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2004-0557"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0557"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2004-0557",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 393925,
  "published_at": "2004-08-06T04:00:00+00:00"
}