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. The vulnerability is exploitable with a crafted file, that could cause an application to crash.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23159	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975671	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-23159	Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/352/	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23159	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975671	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-23159	Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/352/	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:sox_project:sox:14.4.2-7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 05:51

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23159 - Third Party Advisory~~	() https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23159 - Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975671 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975671 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-23159 - Third Party Advisory~~	() https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-23159 - Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/352/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/352/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2022-08-25 20:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 05:51

NVD link : CVE-2021-23159

Mitre link : CVE-2021-23159

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-23159

JSON object : View

Products Affected

sox_project

sox

CWE

CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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