What is CVE-2018-1000223?

CVE-2018-1000223 is a high-severity vulnerability in Surina Soundtouch, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-08-20.

How severe is CVE-2018-1000223?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Surina Soundtouch

CVE-2018-1000223

soundtouch version up to and including 2.0.0 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in SoundStretch/WavFile.cpp:WavInFile::readHeaderBlock() that can result in arbitrary code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via victim must open maliocius file in soundstretch utility.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-08-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.024 (83.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 83.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Surina Soundtouch

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

gitlab.com/soundtouch/soundtouch/issues/6 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1000223?: CVE-2018-1000223 is a high-severity vulnerability in Surina Soundtouch, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-08-20.
How severe is CVE-2018-1000223?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.