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CVE-2012-6303

Heap-based buffer overflow in the GetWavHeader function in generic/jkSoundFile.c in the Snack Sound Toolkit, as used in WaveSurfer 1.8.8p4, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large chunk size in a WAV file.

Published

2013-10-28T22:55:03.600

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	kth	snack_sound_toolkit	2.2.10	Yes
Application	kth	wavesurfer	1.8.8	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.2	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00034.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/49889 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-04.xml Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19772 Exploit, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:126 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/10/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00034.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/49889 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-04.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19772 Exploit, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:126 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/10/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)