WavPack 5.1.0 and earlier is affected by: CWE-457: Use of Uninitialized Variable. The impact is: Unexpected control flow, crashes, and segfaults. The component is: ParseCaffHeaderConfig (caff.c:486). The attack vector is: Maliciously crafted .wav file. The fixed version is: After commit https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/f68a9555b548306c5b1ee45199ccdc4a16a6101b.
Weakness
The code uses a variable that has not been initialized, leading to unpredictable or unintended results.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wavpack | Wavpack | * | 5.1.0 (including) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | RedHat | wavpack-0:5.1.0-15.el8 | * |
| Wavpack | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Wavpack | Ubuntu | cosmic | * |
| Wavpack | Ubuntu | disco | * |
| Wavpack | Ubuntu | esm-infra/bionic | * |
| Wavpack | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Wavpack | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
Potential Mitigations
References
- https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/f68a9555b548306c5b1ee45199ccdc4a16a6101b
- https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/66
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00013.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6CFFFWIWALGQPKINRDW3PRGRD5LOLGZA/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BRWQNE3TH5UF64IKHKKHVCHJHUOVKJUH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IX3J2JML5A7KC2BLGBEFTIIZR3EM7LVJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PYESOAZ6Z6IG4BQBURL6OUY6P4YB6SKS/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4062-1/
- https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/f68a9555b548306c5b1ee45199ccdc4a16a6101b
- https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/66
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00013.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6CFFFWIWALGQPKINRDW3PRGRD5LOLGZA/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BRWQNE3TH5UF64IKHKKHVCHJHUOVKJUH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IX3J2JML5A7KC2BLGBEFTIIZR3EM7LVJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PYESOAZ6Z6IG4BQBURL6OUY6P4YB6SKS/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4062-1/