Buffer Overflow Affecting sox package, versions <14.4.2+git20190427-3.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-SOX-2993955
  • published27 Aug 2022
  • disclosed25 Aug 2022

Introduced: 25 Aug 2022

CVE-2021-23159  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 sox to version 14.4.2+git20190427-3.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sox package and not the sox package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in SoX, where a heap-buffer-overflow occurs in function lsx_read_w_buf() in formats_i.c file. The vulnerability is exploitable with a crafted file, that could cause an application to crash.

CVSS Scores

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