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CVE-2021-23159

Published: 25 August 2022

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
sox
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
focal
Released (14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.20.04.1)
jammy
Released (14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.22.04.1)
xenial
Released (14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro
bionic
Released (14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.2)
trusty
Released (14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1+esm2)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream Needs triage

kinetic
Released (14.4.2+git20190427-3ubuntu0.1)
mantic Needs triage

lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H