Use of Uninitialized Variable Affecting wavpack package, versions <5.1.0-r8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-WAVPACK-8490096
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed11 Jul 2019

Introduced: 11 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-1010317  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-457  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-908  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 wavpack to version 5.1.0-r8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wavpack package and not the wavpack package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

WavPack 5.1.0 and earlier is affected by: CWE-457: Use of Uninitialized Variable. The impact is: Unexpected control flow, crashes, and segfaults. The component is: ParseCaffHeaderConfig (caff.c:486). The attack vector is: Maliciously crafted .wav file. The fixed version is: After commit https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/f68a9555b548306c5b1ee45199ccdc4a16a6101b.

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