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CVE-2018-7254

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-02-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The ParseCaffHeaderConfig function of the cli/caff.c file of WavPack 5.1.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service (global buffer over-read), or possibly trigger a buffer overflow or incorrect memory allocation, via a maliciously crafted CAF file.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 9.0
• WavPack: 5.1.0

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155743/Slackware-Security-Advisory-wavpack-Updates.html
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889274
• https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/8e3fe45a7bac31d9a3b558ae0079e2d92a04799e
• https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/26
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/37
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3578-1/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4125
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44154/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155743/Slackware-Security-Advisory-wavpack-Updates.html
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889274
• https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/8e3fe45a7bac31d9a3b558ae0079e2d92a04799e
• https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/26

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