CVE-2004-0557

Status: ModifiedHigh (10)—💥 Exploit

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.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Base score: 10

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 25%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 98
Score date: 10/7/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Published on Exploit-DB · SoX - '.wav' Local Buffer Overflow (8/4/2004)
Published on Exploit-DB · SoX - Local Buffer Overflow (8/1/2004)

Affected technologies (6)

Conectiva — Linux Gentoo — Linux Redhat — Enterprise Linux Redhat — Enterprise Linux Desktop Redhat — Fedora Core SOX — SOX

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

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