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Vulnerabilities / CVE-2021-3643

critical

CVE-2021-3643

sox: buffer overflow read vulnerability

Published Modified CWE 125, 120
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Red Hat5.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Amazon (medium), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

A flaw was found in sox 14.4.1. 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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.18sox14.4.2-r10
alpine 3.19sox14.4.2-r10
alpine 3.20sox14.4.2-r10
alpine 3.21sox14.4.2-r10
alpine 3.22sox14.4.2-r10
alpine 3.23sox14.4.2-r10
alpine 3.24sox14.4.2-r10
alpine edgesox14.4.2-r10
amazon linux 2sox, sox-debuginfo, sox-devel14.4.1-7.amzn2.0.2
debian 10sox14.4.2+git20190427-1+deb10u1
debian 11sox14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1
debian 12sox14.4.2+git20190427-3.2
Show all 29 entries from 26 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.18sox14.4.2-r10
alpine 3.19sox14.4.2-r10
alpine 3.20sox14.4.2-r10
alpine 3.21sox14.4.2-r10
alpine 3.22sox14.4.2-r10
alpine 3.23sox14.4.2-r10
alpine 3.24sox14.4.2-r10
alpine edgesox14.4.2-r10
amazon linux 2sox14.4.1-7.amzn2.0.2
amazon linux 2sox-debuginfo14.4.1-7.amzn2.0.2
amazon linux 2sox-devel14.4.1-7.amzn2.0.2
debian 10sox14.4.2+git20190427-1+deb10u1
debian 11sox14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1
debian 12sox14.4.2+git20190427-3.2
debian 13sox14.4.2+git20190427-3.2
echosox14.4.2+git20190427-3.2
rapidfort ubuntu 20.04sox0:14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.20.04.1
rapidfort ubuntu 22.04sox0:14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.20.04.1
rapidfort ubuntu 24.04sox0:14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.20.04.1
Red Hatsoxno fix listed
Red Hatsox-develno fix listed
ubuntu 14.04-ESMsox14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1+esm2
ubuntu 16.04-ESMsox14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1+esm1
ubuntu 18.04sox14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.2
ubuntu 18.04-ESMsox14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.2
ubuntu 20.04sox14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.20.04.1
ubuntu 20.04-ESMsox14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.20.04.1
ubuntu 22.04sox14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.22.04.1
ubuntu 22.10sox14.4.2+git20190427-3ubuntu0.1

References

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