CVE-2021-33844

Summary

CVECVE-2021-33844
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-08-25 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 22:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA floating point exception (divide-by-zero) issue was discovered in SoX in functon startread() of wav.c file. An attacker with a crafted wav file, could cause an application to crash.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-369

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sox Project Sox 14.4.2-7 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: sox: patches for old vulnerabilities MLIST www.openwall.com
1975664 – (CVE-2021-33844) CVE-2021-33844 SoX: divide by zero crash in wav.c MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 3315-1] sox security update MLIST lists.debian.org
oss-security - sox: patches for old vulnerabilities MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: sox: patches for old vulnerabilities MLIST www.openwall.com
SoX - Sound eXchange / Bugs / #349 div zero crash in wav.c MISC sourceforge.net
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: sox: patches for old vulnerabilities MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE-2021-33844 - sox - Arch Linux MISC security.archlinux.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 181553 Debian Security Update for sox (DLA 3315-1)
  • 181674 Debian Security Update for sox (DSA 5356-1)
  • 182131 Debian Security Update for sox (CVE-2021-33844)
  • 199206 Ubuntu Security Notification for SoX Vulnerabilities (USN-5904-1)
  • 503268 Alpine Linux Security Update for sox
  • 506247 Alpine Linux Security Update for sox
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