Out-of-bounds Read Affecting wavpack-devel package, versions <0:5.1.0-16.el8


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-WAVPACKDEVEL-3119380
  • published16 Nov 2022
  • disclosed10 Mar 2022

Introduced: 10 Mar 2022

CVE-2021-44269  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 wavpack-devel to version 0:5.1.0-16.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-7558.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wavpack-devel package and not the wavpack-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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