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CVE-2023-34318

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-34318 is a high-severity heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the sox audio processing utility, specifically within the startread function. This flaw affects products from fedoraproject, redhat, and sound_exchange_project. With a CVSS score of 7.8, it presents a local attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to denial of service, arbitrary code execution, or information disclosure. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no publicly available exploit code in common databases like Metasploit or ExploitDB, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
14.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sound_exchange_project:sound_exchange:14.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
38CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
19.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0027 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-34318Moderate

sox: heap-buffer-overflow in src/hcom.c

May 5, 2023

References

access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2023-34318
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory