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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2018-19840

CVE-2018-19840

MEDIUM5.5

The function WavpackPackInit in pack_utils

Published Dec 4, 2018

Modified 1 years ago

Details

The function WavpackPackInit in pack_utils.c in libwavpack.a in WavPack through 5.1.0 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (resource exhaustion caused by an infinite loop) via a crafted wav audio file because WavpackSetConfiguration64 mishandles a sample rate of zero.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00029.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155743/Slackware-Security-Advisory-wavpack-Updates.html

https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/070ef6f138956d9ea9612e69586152339dbefe51

https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/53

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00013.html

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3BLSOEVEKF4VNNVNZ2AN46BJUT4TGVWT/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6CFFFWIWALGQPKINRDW3PRGRD5LOLGZA/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BRWQNE3TH5UF64IKHKKHVCHJHUOVKJUH/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NZGXJUHCGQI6XKLCBUZHXPYIIWMFWA22/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WVVKOBJR5APOB3KWUWJ4UWQHUBZQL6C6/

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/37

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-19

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3839-1/

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19840

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

5.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

5.5/CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedDec 4, 2018

ModifiedAug 5, 2024

CVE-2018-19840 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence