Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2021-23172

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.

  • Published: Aug 25, 2022
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2021-23172
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.5
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
sound_exchange_project / sound_exchange 14.4.2-7 14.4.2-7.x