CVE-2018-7253 — The ParseDsdiffHeaderConfig function of the cli/dsdiff

The ParseDsdiffHeaderConfig function of the cli/dsdiff.c file of WavPack 5.1.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly overwrite the heap via a maliciously crafted DSDIFF file.

01What is this vulnerability?

The ParseDsdiffHeaderConfig function of the cli/dsdiff.c file of WavPack 5.1.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly overwrite the heap via a maliciously crafted DSDIFF file.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-02-19T23:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T06:24:11.291Z

09References

• usn.ubuntu.com — https://usn.ubuntu.com/3578-1/
• www.debian.org — https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4125
• github.com — https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/28
• github.com — https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/36a24c7881427d2e1e4dc1cef58f19eee0d13aec
• bugs.debian.org — https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889559
• seclists.org — https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/37
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155743/Slackware-Security-Advisory-wavpack-…