CVE-2021-23159
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.005 · 42 %ileEURUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.49% (42nd) EPSS
CVSS 5.5 · medium
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability was found in SoX, where a heap-buffer-overflow occurs in function lsx_read_w_buf() in formats_i.c file. The vulnerability is exploitable with a crafted file, that could cause an application to crash.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
5.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6
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weaknesses
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affected products (10)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- sound exchange project sound exchange= 14.4.2-7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sound_exchange_project:sound_exchange:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (4)
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sources
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references (18)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/03/3cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23159cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975671cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2021-23159/cnnvd
- https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-23159cnnvd
- https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/352/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.0837cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.1079cnnvd
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