https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=167571683504082&w=2

Index: src/sphere.c
--- src/sphere.c.orig
+++ src/sphere.c
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ static int start_read(sox_format_t * ft)
     return (SOX_EOF);
   }
 
-  header_size -= (strlen(buf) + 1);
+  bytes_read = strlen(buf);
+  header_size -= bytes_read >= header_size ? header_size : bytes_read + 1;
 
   while (strncmp(buf, "end_head", (size_t)8) != 0) {
     if (strncmp(buf, "sample_n_bytes", (size_t)14) == 0)
@@ -105,7 +106,8 @@ static int start_read(sox_format_t * ft)
       return (SOX_EOF);
     }
 
-    header_size -= (strlen(buf) + 1);
+    bytes_read = strlen(buf);
+    header_size -= bytes_read >= header_size ? header_size : bytes_read + 1;
   }
 
   if (!bytes_per_sample)