Vulnerability in Sound Exchange Project
CVE-2021-23210
A floating point exception (divide-by-zero) issue was discovered in SoX in functon read_samples() of voc.c file. An attacker with a crafted file, could cause an application to crash.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (38.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 38.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Sound Exchange Project — versions 14.4.2-7
- Sox (Sound Exchange) — versions Not Known
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23210 (Third Party Advisory)
- sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/351/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-23210 (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-23210?
- CVE-2021-23210 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sound Exchange Project, classified under Divide By Zero. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-08-25.
- How severe is CVE-2021-23210?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.