CVE-2022-50798 | THREATINT

Description

SoX 14.4.2 contains a division by zero vulnerability when handling WAV files that can cause program crashes. Attackers can trigger a floating point exception by providing a specially crafted WAV file that causes arithmetic errors during sound file processing.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-12-27 | Published 2025-12-30 | Updated 2025-12-30 | Assigner VulnCheck

MEDIUM: 6.7CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

HIGH: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem types

Divide By Zero

Product status

14.4.2

affected

Credits

LiquidWorm as Gjoko Krstic of Zero Science Lab finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51034 (ExploitDB-51034) exploit

sox.sourceforge.net (SoX Official SourceForge Page) product

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoX (SoX Wikipedia Entry) product

www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2022-5712.php (Zero Science Lab Disclosure (ZSL-2022-5712)) third-party-advisory

www.vulncheck.com/...e-vulnerability-via-wav-file-processing (VulnCheck Advisory: SoX 14.4.2 Denial of Service Vulnerability via WAV File Processing) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2022-50798)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2022-50798)

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