What is CVE-2018-17098?

CVE-2018-17098 is a high-severity vulnerability in Surina Soundtouch, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-09-16.

How severe is CVE-2018-17098?

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

Buffer overflow in Surina Soundtouch

CVE-2018-17098

The WavFileBase class in WavFile.cpp in Olli Parviainen SoundTouch 2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption from size inconsistency) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by SoundStretch.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.028 (85.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Surina Soundtouch — versions 2.0.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17098?: CVE-2018-17098 is a high-severity vulnerability in Surina Soundtouch, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2018-17098?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.