CVE-2021-23172

low-risk
Published 2022-08-25

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.22% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Sound Exchange Project

References (8)

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23172
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975666
Third Party Advisory https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-23172
Exploit https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/350/
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23172
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975666
Third Party Advisory https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-23172
Exploit https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/350/
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal