CVE-2018-19840

NameCVE-2018-19840
DescriptionThe function WavpackPackInit in pack_utils.c in libwavpack.a in WavPack through 5.1.0 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (resource exhaustion caused by an infinite loop) via a crafted wav audio file because WavpackSetConfiguration64 mishandles a sample rate of zero.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2525-1
Debian Bugs915564

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wavpack (PTS)buster5.1.0-6+deb10u1fixed
bullseye5.4.0-1fixed
bookworm5.6.0-1fixed
sid, trixie5.7.0-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wavpacksourcestretch5.0.0-2+deb9u3DLA-2525-1
wavpacksource(unstable)5.1.0-5915564

Notes

https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/070ef6f138956d9ea9612e69586152339dbefe51
https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/53

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