Improper Initialization in WavPack - CVE-2019-1010317

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Improper Initialization in WavPack - CVE-2019-1010317

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU19217
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1010317
CWE-ID: CWE-665
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.


Affected software

WavPack
wavpack (Alpine package)
wavpack (Ubuntu package)
mingw-wavpack
wavpack (Red Hat package)
wavpack
Fedora
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64

How to mitigate CVE-2019-1010317

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

wavpack (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 5.1.0-r4, 5.1.0-r8
wavpack (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.1.0-2ubuntu1.4, 5.1.0-5ubuntu0.2
mingw-wavpack - addressed in versions 5.1.0-9.el7, 5.1.0-9.fc30, 5.1.0-9.fc31
wavpack (Red Hat package) - update to 5.1.0-15.el8
wavpack - addressed in versions 5.1.0-16.fc29, 5.1.0-16.fc30

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