CVE-2021-40426

2022-04-1400:00:00

CWE-122

talos

www.cve.org

10 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.3 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

66.1%

JSON

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the sphere.c start_read() functionality of Sound Exchange libsox 14.4.2 and master commit 42b3557e. A specially-crafted file can lead to a heap buffer overflow. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "Sound Exchange",
    "product": "libsox",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "14.4.2",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "master commit 42b3557e",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]