#VU73930 Division by zero in SoX - CVE-2021-33844 

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#VU73930 Division by zero in SoX - CVE-2021-33844

Published: March 22, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU73930
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-33844
CWE-ID: CWE-369
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
SoX
Software vendor:
sox.sourceforge.net

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a divide by zero error within the startread() function in wav.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file and crash the application.

Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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