CVE-2021-23172
Estado: ModificadaMedia (5.5)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 5.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.45%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 37
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-120
- CWE-787
Referencias
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23172
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975666
- https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-23172
- https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/350/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23172
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975666
- https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-23172
- https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/350/
JSON original (NVD)
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