CVE-2012-6303

critical

Description

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.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/10/2

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-04.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/49889

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00034.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-10-28

Updated: 2018-10-30

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical