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

 

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

Published: February 14, 2018 / Updated: March 5, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10572
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10169
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: wavpack
Affected software:
WavPack

Detailed vulnerability description

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.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-10169

Update to version 5.1.0.

Sources