First published: Tue Dec 04 2018(Updated: )
Last updated 24 July 2024
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
debian/wavpack | 5.4.0-1 5.6.0-1 5.7.0-1 | |
Wavpack Wavpack | <=5.1.0 | |
Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
Ubuntu Linux | =18.04 | |
Ubuntu Linux | =18.10 | |
Fedoraproject Fedora | =28 | |
Fedoraproject Fedora | =29 | |
Fedoraproject Fedora | =30 | |
openSUSE | =15.0 |
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CVE-2018-19840 has a high severity rating due to the potential for denial-of-service attacks caused by resource exhaustion.
To fix CVE-2018-19840, upgrade to WavPack versions 5.4.0 or higher.
CVE-2018-19840 is caused by an infinite loop triggered by a malformed WAV audio file in the Wavpack library.
Affected versions for CVE-2018-19840 include WavPack versions up to 5.1.0.
Attackers can exploit CVE-2018-19840 by providing a specially crafted WAV audio file that leads to a denial-of-service condition.