Floating Point Comparison with Incorrect Operator Affecting sox package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-SOX-9897064
  • published29 Apr 2025
  • disclosed5 May 2023

Introduced: 5 May 2023

CVE-2023-26590  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1077  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 sox.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sox package and not the sox package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

A floating point exception vulnerability was found in sox, in the lsx_aiffstartwrite function at sox/src/aiff.c:622:58. This flaw can lead to a denial of service.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1