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CVE-2021-40426

Published: Apr 14, 2022

Modified: Apr 15, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

10.0

CRITICAL

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the sphere.c start_read() functionality of Sound Exchange libsox 14.4.2 and master commit 42b3557e. A specially-crafted file can lead to a heap buffer overflow. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Sound Exchange	libsox	affected `14.4.2` affected `master commit 42b3557e`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1434

[oss-security] 20230203 sox: patches for old vulnerabilities

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[debian-lts-announce] 20230210 [SECURITY] [DLA 3315-1] sox security update

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