CVE-2012-6303: kth snack_sound_toolkit

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-6303 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in kth snack_sound_toolkit. EPSS estimates a 10.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 28-10-2013
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.