A vulnerability was found in SoX, where a heap-buffer-overflow occurs in function startread() in hcom.c file. The vulnerability is exploitable with a crafted hcomn file, that could cause an application to crash.
                
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Advisories
    | Source | ID | Title | 
|---|---|---|
|  Debian DLA | DLA-3315-1 | sox security update | 
|  Debian DSA | DSA-5356-1 | sox security update | 
|  EUVD | EUVD-2021-10282 | A vulnerability was found in SoX, where a heap-buffer-overflow occurs in function startread() in hcom.c file. The vulnerability is exploitable with a crafted hcomn file, that could cause an application to crash. | 
|  Ubuntu USN | USN-5904-1 | SoX vulnerabilities | 
Fixes
    Solution
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Workaround
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References
        History
                    Fri, 27 Jun 2025 19:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
|---|---|---|
| First Time appeared | Sound Exchange Project Sound Exchange Project sound Exchange | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:sound_exchange_project:sound_exchange:14.4.2-7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products | Sox Project Sox Project sox | Sound Exchange Project Sound Exchange Project sound Exchange | 
 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-03T19:05:54.449Z
Reserved: 2021-06-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-23172
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 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Modified
Published: 2022-08-25T20:15:08.977
Modified: 2025-06-27T18:51:27.923
Link: CVE-2021-23172
 Redhat
                        Redhat
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