Name: CVE-2021-23210: Divide By Zero
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2022-08-25T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-23210, CWE-369, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.00036

A floating point exception (divide-by-zero) issue was discovered in SoX in functon read_samples() of voc.c file. An attacker with a crafted file, could cause an application to crash.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Arch Linux	—	Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux	Jul 11, 2025	Aug 25, 2022
Debian	—	Upgrade sox	Feb 13, 2023	Aug 25, 2022
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade sox (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libsox3Upgrade libsox2 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade sox	Mar 22, 2023	Aug 25, 2022

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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