PT-2020-5481 · Wavpack+5 · Wavpack+5

Alexander Novikov + 9 · Published 2020-12-27 · Updated 2024-12-10 · CVE-2020-35738

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WavPack versions 5.3.0 through 5.3.2

Description The issue is related to an out-of-bounds write in the WavpackPackSamples function in the pack utils.c file due to an integer overflow in a malloc argument. This can allow a remote attacker to compromise data integrity and cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For WavPack versions 5.3.0 through 5.3.2, consider disabling the WavpackPackSamples function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Integer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2021-1214

BDU:2021-00777

CVE-2020-35738

DLA-2525-1

MGASA-2021-0271

OESA-2021-1131

OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0153-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0154-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2021_0153-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2021_0154-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11505-1

ROSA-SA-2024-2540

SUSE-SU-2021:0186-1

SUSE-SU-2021:0929-1

SUSE-SU-2021:14669-1

SUSE-SU-2021_0929-1

SUSE-SU-2021_14669-1

USN-4682-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Linuxmint

Suse

Ubuntu

Wavpack

References · 73

• 🔥 https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/91 · Exploit
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/76B7K6F74FDQATG7FECXR5KPIG52O2VL · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2021:0186-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2021-1131 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2021:0929-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35738 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2021-0271 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2021:0154-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-2525-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2021:14669-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/2YZLKYE66EU4XRHTABV5LB2G7ZDZ422F · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=47416144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se47-bulletin-2024-1031SE47 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35738 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VDFY4NGGDUTLVID5PNVU7LL2G2ZJLZFY · Vendor Advisory