CVE-2021-40426

CVSS 10 CRITICALEPSS 2.1%CWE-122

Vexday Risk Score

28Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 10EPSS 2.1%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch referenciado

Lifecycle

14 Apr 2022Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

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.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Sound Exchange · libsox

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References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00009.html https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1434 https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5356 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/03/3