CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-11498

Access of Uninitialized Pointer

Published: Apr 24, 2019 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
4 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

WavpackSetConfiguration64 in pack_utils.c in libwavpack.a in WavPack through 5.1.0 has a Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value condition, which might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a DFF file that lacks valid sample-rate data.

Weakness

The product accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialized.

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 devel *
Wavpack Ubuntu disco *
Wavpack Ubuntu trusty *

Extended Description

If the pointer contains an uninitialized value, then the value might not point to a valid memory location. This could cause the product to read from or write to unexpected memory locations, leading to a denial of service. If the uninitialized pointer is used as a function call, then arbitrary functions could be invoked. If an attacker can influence the portion of uninitialized memory that is contained in the pointer, this weakness could be leveraged to execute code or perform other attacks. Depending on memory layout, associated memory management behaviors, and product operation, the attacker might be able to influence the contents of the uninitialized pointer, thus gaining more fine-grained control of the memory location to be accessed.

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