CVE-2018-19840

Publication date 4 December 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

The function WavpackPackInit in pack_utils.c in libwavpack.a in WavPack through 5.1.0 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (resource exhaustion caused by an infinite loop) via a crafted wav audio file because WavpackSetConfiguration64 mishandles a sample rate of zero.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
wavpack 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 5.1.0-4ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.1.0-2ubuntu1.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.75.2-2ubuntu0.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.70.0-1ubuntu0.2

Patch details

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Package Patch details
wavpack

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3839-1
    • WavPack vulnerabilities
    • 6 December 2018

Other references