CVE-2021-23159

Published: 25 August 2022

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.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
sox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Released (14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.2)
	focal	Released (14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.20.04.1)
	jammy	Released (14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.22.04.1)
	kinetic	Released (14.4.2+git20190427-3ubuntu0.1)
	lunar	Needs triage
	trusty	Released (14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1+esm2)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Released (14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1+esm1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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