Sound eXchange 12.17.2/12.17.3/12.17.4 WAV File Header wav.c st_wavstartread memory corruption

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Sound eXchange 12.17.2/12.17.3/12.17.4. This vulnerability affects the function st_wavstartread of the file wav.c of the component WAV File Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 07/28/2004. The weakness was disclosed 07/29/2004 by Angelo Rosiello (Website). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-0557 since 06/14/2004. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

After 4 days, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 13853 (RHEL 3 : sox (RHSA-2004:409)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22702), Tenable (13853) and Exploit-DB (369).

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CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 13853
Nessus Name: RHEL 3 : sox (RHSA-2004:409)
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OpenVAS ID: 53255
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 565-1 (sox)
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Angelo Rosiello
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-0557 (🔍)
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X-Force: 22702
Vulnerability Center: 15622 - Sound eXchange wav.c Remote Code Execution via WAV File Headers, Medium
SecurityFocus: 10819 - SoX WAV File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 12175
OSVDB: 8267 - SoX .WAV File Processing Multiple Field Overflow

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 12/05/2014 15:45
Updated: 07/22/2019 09:40
Changes: 12/05/2014 15:45 (84), 07/22/2019 09:40 (3)
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