Vulnerability · Published Aug 25, 2022 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2021-23172
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity buffer overflow in SoX (Sound eXchange). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 60.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A vulnerability was found in SoX, where a heap-buffer-overflow occurs in function startread() in hcom.c file. The vulnerability is exploitable with a crafted hcomn file, that could cause an application to crash.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | sox | 14.4.2+git20190427-3.2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23172 |
| Debian:13 | sox | 14.4.2+git20190427-3.2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23172 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | sox | 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.22.04.1 | USN-5904-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | sox | 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23172 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | SoX (Sound eXchange) | Not Known |
Weakness: CWE-120
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975666 x_refsource_MISC
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23172 x_refsource_MISC
- https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/350/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-23172 x_refsource_MISC