CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2023-34318 — A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in sox, in the startread function at sox/src/hcom.c:160:41

High CVSS 7.8

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.

Severity
High
CVSS
7.8 (3.1)
Published
2023-07-10
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-122, CWE-787

Affected products

  • sound_exchange_project / sound_exchange / 14.4.3
  • fedoraproject / extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux / 8.0
  • fedoraproject / fedora / 38
  • redhat / enterprise_linux / 6.0
  • redhat / enterprise_linux / 7.0

Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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