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CVE-2018-1000223

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1000223 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in SoundTouch version 2.0.0 and earlier, specifically within the SoundStretch/WavFile.cpp:WavInFile::readHeaderBlock() function, affecting the surina soundtouch product. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) can lead to arbitrary code execution if a victim opens a malicious file in the SoundStretch utility. While it requires user interaction, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:surina:soundtouch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0243 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: soundtouch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: soundtouch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-1000223Moderate

soundtouch: Heap-based buffer overflow in SoundStretch/WavFile.cpp:WavInFile::readHeaderBlock() potentially leading to code execution

Jul 13, 2018

References

gitlab.com / soundtouch/soundtouch/issues/6
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory