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CVE-2021-23159

Published: Aug 25, 2022Updated: Jun 27, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-120
NVD MITRE
5.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 63.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-120CWE-787

Affected Products

sound exchangesound exchange project
SoX (Sound eXchange)n/a
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Special EditionООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Альт 8 СПАО «ИВК»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
ооо «русбитех-астра»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka rusbitech-astra
ао «ивк»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka ivk
and 3 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23159
access.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975671
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-23159
security.archlinux.org
and 11 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Aug 25, 2022
Last Updated
Jun 27, 2025

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