CVE-2021-23159

NameCVE-2021-23159
DescriptionA 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3315-1, DSA-5356-1
Debian Bugs1021133

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
sox (PTS)buster14.4.2+git20190427-1vulnerable
buster (security)14.4.2+git20190427-1+deb10u3fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u2fixed
bookworm14.4.2+git20190427-3.5fixed
sid, trixie14.4.2+git20190427-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
soxsourcebuster14.4.2+git20190427-1+deb10u1DLA-3315-1
soxsourcebullseye14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1DSA-5356-1
soxsource(unstable)14.4.2+git20190427-3.21021133

Notes

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975671
https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/352/
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/03/3

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