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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-19840

medium Nessus Plugin ID 222219

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - 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. (CVE-2018-19840)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-19840

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 222219

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2018_19840.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-19840

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:wavpack, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:wavpack-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-wavpack, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-wavpack, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:wavpack-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw-wavpack, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-wavpack, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-wavpack, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-wavpack, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:wavpack

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/4/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-19840