Missing Initialization of a Variable Affecting wavpack-devel package, versions <0:5.1.0-15.el8


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-WAVPACKDEVEL-3663874
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed5 Mar 2019

Introduced: 5 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-11498  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-456  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 wavpack-devel to version 0:5.1.0-15.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1581.

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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

WavpackSetConfiguration64 in pack_utils.c in libwavpack.a in WavPack through 5.1.0 has a "Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value" condition, which might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a DFF file that lacks valid sample-rate data.

CVSS Scores

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