CVE-2021-44269

NameCVE-2021-44269
DescriptionAn 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.
SourceCVE (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 PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wavpack (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)4.70.0-1+deb8u1vulnerable
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch5.0.0-2+deb9u3vulnerable
buster5.1.0-6+deb10u1vulnerable
bullseye5.4.0-1vulnerable
bookworm5.6.0-1fixed
sid, trixie5.7.0-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wavpacksource(unstable)5.5.0-1unimportant

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

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