CVE-2021-23172
published 2022-08-25CVE-2021-23172: 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…
PriorityP416medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.43%
35.3th percentile
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.
Affected
2 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | sox | < sox 14.4.2+git20190427-3.2 (bookworm) | sox 14.4.2+git20190427-3.2 (bookworm) |
| sound_exchange_project | sound_exchange | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu5.5MEDIUM
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OSV
sox regression
osv·2023-03-20·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2021-33844 [MEDIUM] sox regression
sox regression
USN-5904-1 fixed vulnerabilities in SoX. It was discovered that the fix for
CVE-2021-33844 was incomplete. This update fixes the problem.
Original advisory details:
Helmut Grohne discovered that SoX incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM,
and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-13590)
Helmut Grohne discovered that SoX incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2021-23159, CVE-2021-23172, CVE-2
OSV
sox vulnerabilities
osv·2023-03-02·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2019-13590 [MEDIUM] sox vulnerabilities
sox vulnerabilities
Helmut Grohne discovered that SoX incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM,
and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-13590)
Helmut Grohne discovered that SoX incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2021-23159, CVE-2021-23172, CVE-2021-23210,
CVE-2021-33844, CVE-2021-3643, CVE-2021-40426, CVE-2022-31650, and
CVE-2022-31651)
GHSA
GHSA-mw59-4c4c-6hhr: A vulnerability was found in SoX, where a heap-buffer-overflow occurs in function startread() in hcom
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-08-26
CVE-2021-23172 [MEDIUM] CWE-120 GHSA-mw59-4c4c-6hhr: A vulnerability was found in SoX, where a heap-buffer-overflow occurs in function startread() in hcom
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.
OSV
CVE-2021-23172: A vulnerability was found in SoX, where a heap-buffer-overflow occurs in function startread() in hcom
osv·2022-08-25·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2021-23172 [MEDIUM] CVE-2021-23172: A vulnerability was found in SoX, where a heap-buffer-overflow occurs in function startread() in hcom
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.
Ubuntu
SoX regression
vendor_ubuntu·2023-03-20·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2021-33844 [MEDIUM] SoX regression
Title: SoX regression
Summary: USN-5904-1 caused a minor regression in SoX.
USN-5904-1 fixed vulnerabilities in SoX. It was discovered that the fix for
CVE-2021-33844 was incomplete. This update fixes the problem.
Original advisory details:
Helmut Grohne discovered that SoX incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM,
and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-13590)
Helmut Grohne discovered that SoX incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cau
Ubuntu
SoX vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2023-03-02·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2021-3643 [MEDIUM] SoX vulnerabilities
Title: SoX vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in SoX.
Helmut Grohne discovered that SoX incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM,
and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-13590)
Helmut Grohne discovered that SoX incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2021-23159, CVE-2021-23172, CVE-2021-23210,
CVE-2021-33844, CVE-2021-3643, CVE-2021-40426, CVE-2022-31650, and
CVE-2022-31651)
Instruc
Red Hat
sox: heap overflow in hcom.c
vendor_redhat·2021-04-20·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2021-23172 [MEDIUM] CWE-120 sox: heap overflow in hcom.c
sox: heap overflow in hcom.c
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.
Package: sox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Out of support scope
Package: sox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Out of support scope
Package: sox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI)) - Fix deferred
Debian
CVE-2021-23172: sox - A vulnerability was found in SoX, where a heap-buffer-overflow occurs in functio...
vendor_debian·2021·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2021-23172 [MEDIUM] CVE-2021-23172: sox - A vulnerability was found in SoX, where a heap-buffer-overflow occurs in functio...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 14.4.2+git20190427-3.2)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 14.4.2+git20190427-3.2)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23172https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975666https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-23172https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/350/https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23172https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975666https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-23172https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/350/
2022-08-25
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