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CVE-2018-10536

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-10536 is a memory writing vulnerability in WavPack 5.1.0 and earlier, specifically within its WAV parser component, affecting Debian Linux distributions. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) allows an attacker to write to memory due to improper handling of multiple format chunks, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R), there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wavpack:wavpack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0203 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 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 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: wavpack
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: wavpack

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-10536Moderate

wavpack: out of bounds write in ParseRiffHeaderConfig in riff.c

Apr 22, 2018

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/155743/Slackware-Security-Advisory-wavpack-Updates.html
github.com / dbry/WavPack/commit/26cb47f99d481ad9b93eeff80d26e6b63bbd7e15
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / dbry/WavPack/issues/30
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / dbry/WavPack/issues/31
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / dbry/WavPack/issues/32
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6CFFFWIWALGQPKINRDW3PRGRD5LOLGZA
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BRWQNE3TH5UF64IKHKKHVCHJHUOVKJUH
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Dec/37
usn.ubuntu.com / 3637-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4197
Third Party Advisory