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CVE-2018-10539

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-10539 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability affecting WavPack 5.1.0 and earlier, specifically when processing DSDiff input. The flaw stems from insufficient validation of unknown chunk sizes and a lack of integer-overflow protection during memory allocation, leading to potential denial of service. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), with a high impact on availability (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

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

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
1.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0167 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 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-2018-10539Moderate

wavpack: out of bounds write in ParseDsdiffHeaderConfig in dsdiff.c

Apr 22, 2018

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/155743/Slackware-Security-Advisory-wavpack-Updates.html
github.com / dbry/WavPack/commit/6f8bb34c2993a48ab9afbe353e6d0cff7c8d821d
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / dbry/WavPack/issues/33
ExploitIssue 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