Sound Exchange libsox buffer overflow | CVE-2021-40426
NAME
Sound Exchange libsox buffer overflow
- Platforms Affected:
Sound Exchange libsox 14.4.2
Sound Exchange libsox master commit 42b3557e - Risk Level:
10 - Exploitability:
Proof of Concept - Consequences:
Gain Access
DESCRIPTION
Sound Exchange libsox is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by sphere.c start_read() functionality. By using a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS 3.0 Information
- Privileges Required: None
- User Interaction: None
- Scope: Changed
- Access Vector: Network
- Access Complexity: Low
- Confidentiality Impact: High
- Integrity Impact: High
- Availability Impact: High
- Remediation Level: Unavailable
MITIGATION
No remedy available as of March 23, 2022.
- Reference Link:
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1434 - Reference Link:
http://sox.sourceforge.net/Main/HomePage
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