Upstream information

CVE-2023-34318 at MITRE

Description

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in sox, in the startread function at sox/src/hcom.c:160:41. This flaw can lead to a denial of service, code execution, or information disclosure.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (Red Hat) National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.8 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None Low
User Interaction Required None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1212062 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP4
  • libsox3 >= 14.4.2-bp154.2.3.1
  • sox >= 14.4.2-bp154.2.3.1
  • sox-devel >= 14.4.2-bp154.2.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2023-328
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP5
  • libsox3 >= 14.4.2-bp155.3.3.1
  • sox >= 14.4.2-bp155.3.3.1
  • sox-devel >= 14.4.2-bp155.3.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2023-329
openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • libsox3 >= 14.4.2-bp154.2.3.1
  • sox >= 14.4.2-bp154.2.3.1
  • sox-devel >= 14.4.2-bp154.2.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2023-328
openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • libsox3 >= 14.4.2-bp155.3.3.1
  • sox >= 14.4.2-bp155.3.3.1
  • sox-devel >= 14.4.2-bp155.3.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2023-329
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • libsox3 >= 14.4.2-8.1
  • sox >= 14.4.2-8.1
  • sox-devel >= 14.4.2-8.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-13359

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jun 6 10:00:31 2023
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 19:46:43 2025