CVE-2026-111157: SoX sox

SoX through 14.4.2 Heap Out-of-Bounds Write via MS ADPCM WAV Decoding

CVSS 6.9 MediumEPSS 0.0013 · 2nd percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: VulnCheck) at 15 Oct 2026, 18:57 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
SoX	sox https://sourceforge.net/projects/sox/	affected 14.4.2 and earlier semver Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers

CVE-2026-111157

CNA

VulnCheck

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-787

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
6.9	Medium	4.0	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	CNA (VulnCheck)Used for this record
6.1	Medium	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H	CNA (VulnCheck)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0013, the 2nd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 15 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

github.com/chirlu/sox/blob/42b3557e13e0fe01a83465b672d89faddbe65f49/src/adpcm.c#L144-L166 technical-description
github.com/chirlu/sox/blob/42b3557e13e0fe01a83465b672d89faddbe65f49/src/wav.c#L250-L251 technical-description
sourceforge.net/projects/sox/ product
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sox-through-14.4.2-heap-out-of-bounds-write-via-ms-adpcm-wav-decoding third-party-advisory
hackmd.io/@haind-pwn/sox-wav-ms-adpcm-samplesperblock-oob-write technical-descriptionexploit

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.