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CVE-2016-10170

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10170 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the WriteCaffHeader function of Wavpack versions prior to 5.1.0, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a specially crafted WV file. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) for exploitation, leading to high availability impact (A:H) but no confidentiality or integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wavpack_project:wavpack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0212 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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-2016-10170Moderate

wavpack: Heap out of bounds read in WriteCaffHeader / caff.c

Dec 20, 2016

References

github.com / dbry/WavPack/commit/4bc05fc490b66ef2d45b1de26abf1455b486b0dc
Patch
sourceforge.net / p/wavpack/mailman/message/35561921
ExploitThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/01/28/9
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95883
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry