5.5

CVE-2021-33844: sound_exchange_project sound_exchange Divide By Zero

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2021-33844USN-5904-2DEBIAN-CVE-2021-33844
Published 25-08-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-33844 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Divide By Zero vulnerability in sound_exchange_project sound_exchange. EPSS estimates a 0.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.49%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 4
DLA-3315-1DSA-5356-1MGASA-2023-0059OPENSUSE-SU-2023:0328-1OPENSUSE-SU-2023:0329-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13359-1

Timeline

  1. 25-08-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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 metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.49%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

41%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.48% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.49%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (sourceforge.net)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • sox< 14.4.2+git20190427-3.1
Sound_exchange_project1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • sox< 14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1+esm3 | < 14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1+esm2 | < 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.3 | < 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u2build0.20.04.1 | < 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u2build0.22.04.1 | < 14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1+esm2 | < 14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1+esm1 | < 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.2 | < 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.20.04.1 | < 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.22.04.1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

9 links