CVE-2023-26590 [Medium] | Denial of Service in Sound Exchange

CVE-2023-26590 is rated Low Risk (28.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.21%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.03%	0.21%	+0.18%
2	2025-11-21	0.06%	0.03%	-0.03%
3	2025-11-18	—	0.06%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

0.03%

0.21%

+0.18%

2025-11-21

0.06%

0.03%

-0.03%

2025-11-18

—

0.06%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
6.2	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	2.5	3.6	[email protected]
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	1.8	3.6	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

6.2

3.1

MEDIUM

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

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

2.5

3.6

[email protected]

5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

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

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

1.8

3.6

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-26590

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2023-26590 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (sox), 3 status rows across 3 suites (bookworm, bullseye, trixie): resolved 3.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-26590
`redhat`	—	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-26590
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2023-26590 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (sox), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 4, not-affected 2, ignored 1, needs-triage 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-26590

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-26590

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
sound_exchange_project	sound_exchange	14.4.3	cpe:2.3:a:sound_exchange_project:sound_exchange:14.4.3:::::::*
fedoraproject	extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux	8.0	cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
fedoraproject	fedora	38	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:::::::*
redhat	enterprise_linux	6.0	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::*
redhat	enterprise_linux	7.0	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::*

References for CVE-2023-26590

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-26590	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2212279	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

URL

CVE-2023-26590 | Floating point exception in src/aiff.c

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-26590

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-26590

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-26590

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-26590

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-26590

References for CVE-2023-26590