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Debian: CVE-2021-40426: sox -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2021-40426: sox -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/14/2022
Created
02/14/2023
Added
02/13/2023
Modified
02/24/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-sox

References

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