CVE-2018-19841 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in WavPack through version 5.1.0, specifically within the WavpackVerifySingleBlock function in open_utils.c. This flaw allows attackers to trigger a denial-of-service (application crash) by providing a specially crafted WavPack Lossless Audio file, impacting products from Canonical, Debian, Fedora Project, openSUSE, and WavPack itself. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to exploit, leading to high availability impact (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat level.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wavpack:wavpack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
18.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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