ALPINE-CVE-2021-40426

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-40426
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-40426.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2021-40426
Upstream
Published
2022-04-14T20:15:09Z
Modified
2026-10-27T08:33:38Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.18
sox

Package

Name
sox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/sox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
14.4.2-r10

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-40426.json"
Alpine:v3.19
sox

Package

Name
sox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/sox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
14.4.2-r10

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-40426.json"
Alpine:v3.20
sox

Package

Name
sox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/sox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
14.4.2-r10

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-40426.json"
Alpine:v3.21
sox

Package

Name
sox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/sox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
14.4.2-r10

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-40426.json"
Alpine:v3.22
sox

Package

Name
sox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/sox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
14.4.2-r10

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-40426.json"
Alpine:v3.23
sox

Package

Name
sox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/sox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
14.4.2-r10

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-40426.json"
Alpine:v3.24
sox

Package

Name
sox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/sox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
14.4.2-r10

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-40426.json"