THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-11498
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2019-11498

Wavpack vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
3.0%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Wavpack
Affected product
Wavpack
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-824 — Access of Uninitialized Pointer
Published
2019-04-24

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-11498

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