CVE-2021-40426 CRITICAL

CVE-2021-40426

Vendor Sound Exchange
Product libsox
Weakness CWE-122
Published April 14, 2022
Last update April 15, 2025
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CVSS base score

10.0/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 14, 2022 CVE published
April 15, 2025 Record updated

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