Memory corruption in WavPack - CVE-2018-7254
Published: March 2, 2018 / Updated: June 17, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10822
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7254
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: wavpack
Affected software:
WavPack
WavPack
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the cli/caff.c source codein the ParseCaffHeaderConfig function due to boundary error. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted CAF file, trigger a buffer overflow or incorrect memory allocation and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in the cli/caff.c source codein the ParseCaffHeaderConfig function due to boundary error. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted CAF file, trigger a buffer overflow or incorrect memory allocation and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-7254
Update to version 5.1.0-2.