Division by zero in SoX - CVE-2021-23210
Published: March 22, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU73929
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23210
CWE-ID: CWE-369
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: sox.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
SoX
SoX
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a divide by zero error within the read_samples() function in voc.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file and crash the application.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-23210
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.