USN-5721-1: WavPack vulnerability
Publication date
10 November 2022
Overview
WavPack could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- wavpack - audio codec (lossy and lossless) - encoder and decoder
Details
It was discovered that WavPack was not properly performing checks
when dealing with memory. If a user were tricked into decompressing a
specially crafted WavPack Audio File, an attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause the WavPack decompressor to crash, resulting in a
denial of service.
It was discovered that WavPack was not properly performing checks
when dealing with memory. If a user were tricked into decompressing a
specially crafted WavPack Audio File, an attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause the WavPack decompressor to crash, resulting in a
denial of service.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 16.04 xenial | libwavpack1 – 4.75.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1 | ||
| wavpack – 4.75.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1 | |||
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