CVE-2021-23172 — Classic Buffer Overflow in Exchange Project Sound Exchange

CWE-120 — Classic Buffer OverflowCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write10 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 55.20%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Sound Exchange Project Sound Exchange
Timeline
PublishedAug 25
Latest updateMar 20

Description

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 vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
sox regression↗2023-03-20
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OSV
sox vulnerabilities↗2023-03-02
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GHSA
GHSA-mw59-4c4c-6hhr: A vulnerability was found in SoX, where a heap-buffer-overflow occurs in function startread() in hcom↗2022-08-26
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OSV
CVE-2021-23172: A vulnerability was found in SoX, where a heap-buffer-overflow occurs in function startread() in hcom↗2022-08-25
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CVEList
CVE-2021-23172: A vulnerability was found in SoX, where a heap-buffer-overflow occurs in function startread() in hcom↗2022-08-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
SoX regression↗2023-03-20
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Ubuntu
SoX vulnerabilities↗2023-03-02
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Red Hat
sox: heap overflow in hcom.c↗2021-04-20
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Debian
CVE-2021-23172: sox - A vulnerability was found in SoX, where a heap-buffer-overflow occurs in functio...↗2021
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