Improper Initialization in WavPack - CVE-2019-1010317
Published: July 17, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19217
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-2019-1010317
CWE-ID: CWE-665
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: wavpack
Affected software:
WavPack
WavPack
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on a targeted system.
The vulnerability exists due to an uninitialized read condition in the "ParseCaffHeaderConfig()" function in the caff.c file when parsing .wav files. A remote attacker can persuade a user to access a .wav file that submits malicious input to the targeted system and perform a DoS attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-1010317
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.