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Status published
Medium
CVE-2012-6303
Heap-based buffer overflow in the GetWavHeader function in generic/jkSoundFile.c in...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49889
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19772
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-04.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/10/2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00034.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:126
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
snack sound toolkit, wavesurfer, opensuse
Vulnerable Versions:
2.2.10, 1.8.8, 13.1, 13.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 28th, 2013
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.