Heap-based Buffer Overflow The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package sox (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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- published24 Mar 2022
- disclosed14 Apr 2022
Introduced: 24 Mar 2022
CVE-2021-40426 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:unstable.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sox package and not the sox package as distributed by Debian.
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the sphere.c start_read() functionality of Sound Exchange libsox 14.4.2 and master commit 42b3557e. A specially-crafted file can lead to a heap buffer overflow. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.