Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2026-3129
Advisory Released Date: 2026-01-21
Advisory Updated Date: 2026-01-21
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
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. (CVE-2022-50798)
Affected Packages:
sox
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update sox or yum update --advisory ALAS2-2026-3129 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
sox-14.4.1-7.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
sox-devel-14.4.1-7.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
sox-debuginfo-14.4.1-7.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
i686:
sox-14.4.1-7.amzn2.0.4.i686
sox-devel-14.4.1-7.amzn2.0.4.i686
sox-debuginfo-14.4.1-7.amzn2.0.4.i686
src:
sox-14.4.1-7.amzn2.0.4.src
x86_64:
sox-14.4.1-7.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
sox-devel-14.4.1-7.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
sox-debuginfo-14.4.1-7.amzn2.0.4.x86_64