CVE-2021-23172
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.22%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2021-23172
To remediate CVE-2021-23172, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/sox—upgrade to 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1 or later
Is CVE-2021-23172 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |