CVE-2021-44269 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Wavpack 5.4.0, specifically impacting the processing of WAV files, including those in Fedora Project distributions. This flaw, rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), could lead to a denial of service due to an attacker crafting a malicious WAV file that, when processed, causes the WavpackPackSamples function to read beyond allocated memory. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wavpack:wavpack:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
34CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
35CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
36CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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An out of bounds read was found in Wavpack 5.4.0 in processing *.WAV files. This issue triggered in function WavpackPackSamples of file src/pack_utils.c tainted variable cnt is too large that makes pointer sptr read beyond heap bound.
Mar 8, 2022wavpack: Heap out-of-bounds read in WavpackPackSamples()
Nov 23, 2021