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CVE-2018-1000223

Publication date 20 August 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

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

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
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty

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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

Other references