Buffer overflow in Sound Exchange Project
CVE-2023-34318
A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in sox, in the startread function at sox/src/hcom.c:160:41. This flaw can lead to a denial of service, code execution, or information disclosure.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (18.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 18.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sound Exchange Project — versions 14.4.3
- Fedora Extra Packages For Enterprise Linux
- Fedora
- Fedoraproject Extra Packages For Enterprise Linux — versions 8.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 38
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Sox
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-34318 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-34318?
- CVE-2023-34318 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sound Exchange Project, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-07-10.
- How severe is CVE-2023-34318?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-34318 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.