CVE-2021-33844

A floating point exception (divide-by-zero) issue was discovered in SoX in functon startread() of wav.c file. An attacker with a crafted wav file, could cause an application to crash.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33844	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975664	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-33844	Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/349/	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33844	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975664	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-33844	Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/349/	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:sound_exchange_project:sound_exchange:14.4.2-7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

27 Jun 2025, 18:51

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE	cpe:2.3:a:sox_project:sox:14.4.2-7:::::::*	cpe:2.3:a:sound_exchange_project:sound_exchange:14.4.2-7:::::::*
First Time		Sound Exchange Project sound Exchange Sound Exchange Project

Information

Published : 2022-08-25 20:15

Updated : 2025-06-27 18:51

NVD link : CVE-2021-33844

Mitre link : CVE-2021-33844

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-33844

JSON object : View

Products Affected

sound_exchange_project

sound_exchange

CWE

CWE-369

Divide By Zero

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