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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975671
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23159
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/352/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-23159
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0004
EPSS Percentile
13.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-120
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (1)
sound_exchange_project/sound_exchange
14.4.2-7
Published
Aug 25, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026