Vulnerability in Wavpack
CVE-2018-19840
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.023 (82.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wavpack
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 28, 29, 30
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/53 (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/070ef6f138956d9ea9612e69586152339dbefe51 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3839-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00029.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/37 (mailing-list)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/155743/Slackware-Security-Advisory-wavpack-Update…
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-19840?
- CVE-2018-19840 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wavpack, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-12-04.
- How severe is CVE-2018-19840?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.