CVE-2019-18795 — The BASS Audio Library 2

The BASS Audio Library 2.4.14 under Windows is prone to a BASS_StreamCreateFile out of bounds read vulnerability via a crafted .wav file. An attacker can exploit this issues to gain access to sensitive information that may aid in further attacks. A failure in exploitation leads t

01What is this vulnerability?

The BASS Audio Library 2.4.14 under Windows is prone to a BASS_StreamCreateFile out of bounds read vulnerability via a crafted .wav file. An attacker can exploit this issues to gain access to sensitive information that may aid in further attacks. A failure in exploitation leads to denial of service.

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

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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: 2020-10-16T12:51:22.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T02:02:39.604Z

09References

• www.un4seen.com — http://www.un4seen.com/
• github.com — https://github.com/staufnic/CVE/tree/master/CVE-2019-18795