<s>
Sound	B-Application
eXchange	I-Application
(	O
SoX	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
audio	B-Application
editing	I-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
a	O
command-line	B-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
standard	O
C	B-Language
.	O
It	O
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
licensed	O
under	O
GPL-2.0-or-later	B-License
,	O
with	O
libsox	O
licensed	O
under	O
LGPL-2.1-or-later	B-Application
,	O
and	O
distributed	O
by	O
Chris	B-Application
Bagwell	I-Application
through	O
SourceForge	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SoX	B-Application
was	O
created	O
in	O
July	O
1991	O
by	O
Lance	O
Norskog	O
and	O
posted	O
to	O
the	O
Usenet	B-Application
group	O
alt.sources	O
as	O
Aural	O
eXchange	O
:	O
Sound	O
sample	O
translator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
second	O
release	O
(	O
in	O
November	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
)	O
it	O
was	O
renamed	O
Sound	B-Application
Exchange	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Norskog	O
continued	O
to	O
maintain	O
and	O
release	O
SoX	B-Application
via	O
Usenet	B-Application
,	O
File	B-Protocol
Transfer	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
FTP	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
the	O
web	O
until	O
early	O
1995	O
,	O
at	O
which	O
time	O
SoX	B-Application
was	O
at	O
version	O
11	O
(	O
gamma	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
1996	O
,	O
Chris	B-Application
Bagwell	I-Application
started	O
to	O
maintain	O
and	O
release	O
updated	O
versions	O
of	O
SoX	B-Application
,	O
starting	O
with	O
version	O
sox-11gamma-cb	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2000	O
,	O
Bagwell	O
registered	O
the	O
project	O
at	O
SourceForge	B-Application
with	O
project	O
name	O
"	O
sox	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
registration	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
4	O
September	O
2000	O
and	O
SoX	B-Application
12.17	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
7	O
September	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
its	O
history	O
SoX	B-Application
has	O
had	O
many	O
contributing	O
authors	O
;	O
Guido	O
van	O
Rossum	O
,	O
best	O
known	O
as	O
creator	O
of	O
the	O
programming	O
language	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
was	O
a	O
significant	O
contributor	O
in	O
SoX	B-Application
's	O
early	O
days	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
SoX	B-Application
's	O
features	O
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Cross-platform	B-Operating_System
(	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
et	O
al	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
SoX	B-Application
being	O
used	O
to	O
process	O
some	O
audio	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
SoX	B-Application
has	O
had	O
several	O
vulnerabilities	O
listed	O
in	O
the	O
National	O
Vulnerability	O
Database	O
since	O
its	O
last	O
public	O
release	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
vulnerabilities	O
include	O
stack	B-General_Concept
and	O
heap	B-General_Concept
overflows	I-General_Concept
and	O
denial-of-service	O
attacks	O
.	O
</s>
