CVE-2018-19840
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.50%wavpack - security update
Published: 12/4/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/wavpackfrom 0, < 5.1.0-r7
- Debian/wavpackfrom 0, < 5.1.0-5
- Debian/wavpackfrom 0, < 5.0.0-2+deb9u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |