CVE-2018-19840

wawpack: Infinite loop in WavpackPackInit function lead to DoS

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The 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.

La función WavpackPackInit en pack_utils.c en libwavpack.a en WavPack hasta la versión 5.1.0 permite que los atacantes provoquen una denegación de servicio (agotamiento de recursos provocado por un bucle infinito) mediante un archivo de audio wav manipulado debido a que WavpackSetConfiguration64 gestiona erróneamente una tasa de ejemplo con valor cero.

WavPack is a completely open audio compression format providing lossless, high-quality lossy, and a unique hybrid compression mode. Issues addressed include denial of service and out of bounds read vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-12-03 CVE Reserved
2018-12-04 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CAPEC

References (15)

URL	Tag	Source
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155743/Slackware-Security-Advisory-wavpack-Updates.html	X_refsource_misc
https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/53	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00013.html	Mailing List
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/37	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/070ef6f138956d9ea9612e69586152339dbefe51	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00029.html	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3BLSOEVEKF4VNNVNZ2AN46BJUT4TGVWT	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6CFFFWIWALGQPKINRDW3PRGRD5LOLGZA	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BRWQNE3TH5UF64IKHKKHVCHJHUOVKJUH	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NZGXJUHCGQI6XKLCBUZHXPYIIWMFWA22	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WVVKOBJR5APOB3KWUWJ4UWQHUBZQL6C6	2023-11-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-19	2023-11-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3839-1	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19840	2020-04-28
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1661448	2020-04-28

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wavpack Search vendor "Wavpack"		Wavpack Search vendor "Wavpack" for product "Wavpack"				<= 5.1.0 Search vendor "Wavpack" for product "Wavpack" and version " <= 5.1.0"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				18.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.10"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				28 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "28"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				29 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "29"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				30 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "30"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.0 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.0"		-		Affected