VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-23172

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.46%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-08-25
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A vulnerability was found in SoX, where a heap-buffer-overflow occurs in function startread() in hcom.c file. The vulnerability is exploitable with a crafted hcomn file, that could cause an application to crash.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-120
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787

Primary references