Vulnerability · Published Aug 25, 2022 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2021-23210
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw 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 60.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A floating point exception (divide-by-zero) issue was discovered in SoX in functon read_samples() of voc.c file. An attacker with a crafted file, 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-2021-23210 |
| Debian:13 | sox | 14.4.2+git20190427-3.2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23210 |
| 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-2021-23210 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | sox | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23210 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | sox | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23210 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | SoX (Sound eXchange) | Not Known |
Weakness: CWE-369
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975670 x_refsource_MISC
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23210 x_refsource_MISC
- https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/351/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-23210 x_refsource_MISC