Name: CVE-2014-8145: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2014-12-31T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2014-8145, CWE-119, CVSS 7.8, EPSS 0.12998

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted WAV file to the (1) start_read or (2) AdpcmReadBlock function.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade sox	Jul 30, 2024	Dec 31, 2014
Freebsd	—	Upgrade sox	Dec 10, 2025	Jul 23, 2015
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade media-sound/sox.	Oct 30, 2017	Dec 31, 2014
Oracle Solaris	—	Upgrade audio/sox to version 14.3.2-0.175.2.7.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.2	May 29, 2017	Dec 31, 2014
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Dec 22, 2014
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade sox	Nov 19, 2024	Dec 31, 2014

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CVSS Details

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