CVE-2018-7253
mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.029 · 87 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.8
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affected products (4)
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references (22)
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- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889559cnnvd
- https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/36a24c7881427d2e1e4dc1cef58f19eee0d13aeccnnvd
- https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/28cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155743/Slackware-Security-Advisory-wavpack-Updates.htmlcnnvd
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/37cnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3578-1/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.0278/cnnvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4125cnnvd
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