CVE-2021-40426

high

Description

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5356

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1434

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00009.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/03/3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-04-14

Updated: 2023-02-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High