Divide By Zero Affecting sox package, versions <14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1+esm2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-SOX-3009117
  • published30 Aug 2022
  • disclosed25 Aug 2022

Introduced: 25 Aug 2022

CVE-2021-33844  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-369  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 sox to version 14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1+esm2 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

A floating point exception (divide-by-zero) issue was discovered in SoX in functon startread() of wav.c file. An attacker with a crafted wav file, could cause an application to crash.

CVSS Scores

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