VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-23159
A vulnerability was found in SoX, where a heap-buffer-overflow occurs in function lsx_read_w_buf() in formats_i.c file.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.48%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A vulnerability was found in SoX, where a heap-buffer-overflow occurs in function lsx_read_w_buf() in formats_i.c file. The vulnerability is exploitable with a crafted file, that could cause an application to crash.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.48% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120, CWE-787
- Affected
- sound exchange project/sound exchange
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23159Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975671Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-23159Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/352/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23159Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975671Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-23159Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/352/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.