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CVE-2021-3643

sox: buffer overflow read vulnerability

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.1

CVSS 3.1

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Published · August 12, 2021

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in sox. The lsx_adpcm_init function within libsox leads to a global-buffer-overflow. This flaw allows an attacker to input a malicious file, leading to the disclosure of sensitive information.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read