ubuntu-cve-2023-26590
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-07-10 18:15
Modified
2026-04-22 07:45
Summary
Details

A floating point exception vulnerability was found in sox, in the lsx_aiffstartwrite function at sox/src/aiff.c:622:58. This flaw can lead to a denial of service.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A floating point exception vulnerability was found in sox, in the lsx_aiffstartwrite function at sox/src/aiff.c:622:58. This flaw can lead to a denial of service.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-26590",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:45:16Z",
  "published": "2023-07-10T18:15:00Z",
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-26590"
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      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2212279"
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  ]
}



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