CVE-2021-23172

2022-08-2500:00:00

ubuntu.com

sox

heap-buffer-overflow

startread

hcom.c

vulnerability

application crash

unix

CVSS3

5.5

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

34.5%

JSON

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.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchsox< 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.2UNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchsox< 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.20.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchsox< 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.22.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu22.10noarchsox< 14.4.2+git20190427-3ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu24.04noarchsox< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchsox< 14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1+esm2UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchsox< 14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1+esm1UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	sox	< 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.2	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	sox	< 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.20.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	sox	< 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.22.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.10	noarch	sox	< 14.4.2+git20190427-3ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	24.04	noarch	sox	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	sox	< 14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1+esm2	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	sox	< 14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1+esm1	UNKNOWN