| Name | CVE-2021-44269 |
| Description | An out of bounds read was found in Wavpack 5.4.0 in processing *.WAV files. This issue triggered in function WavpackPackSamples of file src/pack_utils.c, tainted variable cnt is too large, that makes pointer sptr read beyond heap bound. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| wavpack (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.70.0-1+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 5.0.0-2+deb9u3 | vulnerable |
| buster | 5.1.0-6+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 5.4.0-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 5.6.0-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 5.7.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| wavpack | source | (unstable) | 5.5.0-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/110
Fixed by: https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/773f9d0803c6888ae7d5391878d7337f24216f4a
Negligible security impact; only impacts the CLI program