CVE-2018-7253
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8 · Out-of-bounds read
7.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
The ParseDsdiffHeaderConfig function of the cli/dsdiff.c file of WavPack 5.1.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly overwrite the heap via a maliciously crafted DSDIFF file.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/36a24c7881427d2e1e4dc1cef58f19eee0d13aec ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/36a24c7881427d2e1e4dc1cef58f19eee0d13aecPatch
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155743/Slackware-Security-Advisory-wavpack-Updates.html
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889559Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/37
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3578-1/Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4125Advisory
- https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/28Advisory