CVE-2018-1000223

Publication date 20 August 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

soundtouch version up to and including 2.0.0 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in SoundStretch/WavFile.cpp:WavInFile::readHeaderBlock() that can result in arbitrary code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via victim must open maliocius file in soundstretch utility.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that SoundTouch incorrectly handled ccertain WAV files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause arbitrary code execution.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
soundtouch	23.04 lunar	Fixed 2.1.2+ds1-1
	22.10 kinetic	Fixed 2.1.2+ds1-1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 2.1.2+ds1-1
	21.10 impish	Fixed 2.1.2+ds1-1
	21.04 hirsute	Fixed 2.1.2+ds1-1
	20.10 groovy	Fixed 2.1.2+ds1-1
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2.1.2+ds1-1
	19.10 eoan	Fixed 2.1.2+ds1-1
	19.04 disco	Fixed 2.1.2+ds1-1
	18.10 cosmic	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 1.9.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.9.2-2+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.7.1-5ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu Pro

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-4826-1
SoundTouch vulnerabilities
15 March 2021