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

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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