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CVE-2023-26590

Floating point exception in src/aiff.c

Published: Jul 10, 2023Updated: Jun 27, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-1077
NVD MITRE
6.2CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 89.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

A floating point exception vulnerability was found in sox, in the lsx_aiffstartwrite function at sox/src/aiff.c:622:58. This flaw can lead to a denial of service.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

CWE-1077CWE-697

Affected Products

soxn/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
FedoraFedora
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Extra Packages for Enterprise LinuxFedora
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
red hatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
fedoraoss-projectOperating Systemsaka fedora linux
and 4 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-26590
access.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2212279
bugzilla.redhat.com

Timeline

Published
Jul 10, 2023
Last Updated
Jun 27, 2025

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