CVE-2018-19758: There is a heap-based buffer over-read at wav.c in wav_write_header in libsndfile 1.0.28 that will cause a denial of service

Medium severity · published Nov 30, 2018

CVE-2018-19758

There is a heap-based buffer over-read at wav.c in wav_write_header in libsndfile 1.0.28 that will cause a denial of service

6.5

CVSS

1.7%

EPSS

On KEV

Description

There is a heap-based buffer over-read at wav.c in wav_write_header in libsndfile 1.0.28 that will cause a denial of service.

CVSS vector

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

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Privileges

None

User interaction

Required

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Debian Linux · Debian

8.0 · source: NVD

Libsndfile · Libsndfile Project

1.0.28 · source: NVD

Affected product

Debian Linux

Debian

All Debian Linux CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19758

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19758

Exploit

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1643812

Mailing List

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00008.html

lists.debian.org

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00030.html

usn.ubuntu.com

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4013-1/