CVE-2021-23172

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.
References
Link Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23172 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975666 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-23172 Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/350/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

12 Feb 2023, 22:15

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References
  • {'url': 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/03/3', 'name': '[oss-security] 20230203 sox: patches for old vulnerabilities', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MLIST'}
  • {'url': 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00009.html', 'name': '[debian-lts-announce] 20230210 [SECURITY] [DLA 3315-1] sox security update', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MLIST'}

10 Feb 2023, 08:15

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References
  • (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00009.html -

04 Feb 2023, 01:15

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CWE CWE-787 CWE-120
References
  • (MLIST) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/03/3 -

30 Aug 2022, 20:53

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Sox Project sox
Sox Project
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:sox_project:sox:14.4.2-7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23172 - (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23172 - Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975666 - (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975666 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/350/ - (MISC) https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/350/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-23172 - (MISC) https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-23172 - Third Party Advisory
CWE CWE-787

25 Aug 2022, 20:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-08-25 20:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:35


NVD link : CVE-2021-23172

Mitre link : CVE-2021-23172

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-23172


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Products Affected

sox_project

  • sox
CWE
CWE-120

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

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write