| Name | CVE-2021-23172 |
| Description | A vulnerability was found in SoX, where a heap-buffer-overflow occurs in function startread() in hcom.c file. The vulnerability is exploitable with a crafted hcomn file, that could cause an application to crash. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3315-1, DSA-5356-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1021134 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| sox (PTS) | buster | 14.4.2+git20190427-1 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 14.4.2+git20190427-1+deb10u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 14.4.2+git20190427-3.5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| sox | source | buster | 14.4.2+git20190427-1+deb10u1 | | DLA-3315-1 | |
| sox | source | bullseye | 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1 | | DSA-5356-1 | |
| sox | source | (unstable) | 14.4.2+git20190427-3.2 | | | 1021134 |
Notes
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975666
https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/350/
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/03/3