Buffer Overflow Affecting sox package, versions <14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.20.04.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-SOX-2994000
  • published27 Aug 2022
  • disclosed25 Aug 2022

Introduced: 25 Aug 2022

CVE-2021-23172  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 sox to version 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.20.04.1 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:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

CVSS Scores

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