CVE-2022-31651 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service in applications using the SoX library by triggering an assertion failure in the rate initialization function.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-31651?
CVE-2022-31651 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 May 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
In SoX 14.4.2, there is an assertion failure in rate_init in rate.c in libsox.a.
Weakness: CWE-617
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-31651?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sound Exchange Project Sound Exchange.
How do I fix CVE-2022-31651?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-31651 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31651 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as AZL-43648, AZL-45120, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-31651, GHSA-56vf-qhhq-rrc2, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-31651.