Out-of-bounds read in WavPack - CVE-2016-10169

Vulnerability identifier: #VU10572

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10169

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to the read_code function in read_words.c. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted WV file, trigger out-of-bounds read and cause the application to crash.

WavPack
wavpack (Alpine package)
mingw-wavpack
wavpack
Fedora
Ubuntu

Update to version 5.1.0.

wavpack (Alpine package) - update to 5.1.0-r0
mingw-wavpack - addressed in versions 5.1.0-1.el7, 5.1.0-1.fc24, 5.1.0-1.fc25
wavpack - addressed in versions 5.1.0-1.fc24, 5.1.0-1.fc25

• https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/d5bf76b5a88d044a1be1d5656698e3ba737167e5

• Ubuntu update for WavPack
• Out-of-bounds read in wavpack (Alpine package)
• Fedora 25 update for wavpack
• Fedora 24 update for wavpack
• Fedora EPEL 7 update for mingw-wavpack
• Fedora 25 update for mingw-wavpack
• Fedora 24 update for mingw-wavpack