cve-2021-40426
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-04-14 19:56
Modified
2025-04-15 19:07
Severity ?
10.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the sphere.c start_read() functionality of Sound Exchange libsox 14.4.2 and master commit 42b3557e. A specially-crafted file can lead to a heap buffer overflow. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.
References
talos-cna@cisco.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/03/3
talos-cna@cisco.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00009.html
talos-cna@cisco.comhttps://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1434Exploit, Third Party Advisory
talos-cna@cisco.comhttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5356
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/03/3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00009.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1434Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5356
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Sound Exchange libsox Version: 14.4.2
Version: master commit 42b3557e
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