Improper Initialization in WavPack - CVE-2019-1010319

 

Improper Initialization in WavPack - CVE-2019-1010319

Published: July 17, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU19215
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1010319
CWE-ID: CWE-665
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 a denial of service (DoS) condition on the targeted system.

The vulnerability exists due to an uninitialized read condition in the "ParseWave64HeaderConfig()" function in "wave64.c" file when parsing .wav files. A remote attacker can trick a victim to open a specially crafted .wav file and crash the affected application.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-1010319

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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