Stack-based buffer over-read in WavPack - CVE-2018-6767

 

Stack-based buffer over-read in WavPack - CVE-2018-6767

Published: February 14, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10573
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-2018-6767
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 a stack-based buffer over-read in the ParseRiffHeaderConfig function of cli/riff.c file. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted RF64 file cause the application to crash.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-6767

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources