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CVE-2018-7254

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-7254 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting WavPack 5.1.0 and Debian Linux, stemming from a global buffer over-read in the ParseCaffHeaderConfig function when processing a crafted CAF file. Rated 7.8 HIGH, it can be triggered locally with low attack complexity and user interaction, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking significant community discussion or media coverage, a proof-of-concept denial-of-service exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wavpack:wavpack:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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
9.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-44154 · Feb 21, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0990 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 11,615 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 (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-7254Low

wavpack: Global buffer over-read in ParseCaffHeaderConfig function in cli/caff.c

Feb 19, 2018

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/155743/Slackware-Security-Advisory-wavpack-Updates.html
bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Issue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / dbry/WavPack/commit/8e3fe45a7bac31d9a3b558ae0079e2d92a04799e
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / dbry/WavPack/issues/26
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Dec/37
usn.ubuntu.com / 3578-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4125
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/44154
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry