CVE-2012-6303
Heap-based buffer overflow in the GetWavHeader function in generic/jkSoundFile.c in the Snack Sound Toolkit, as used in WaveSurfer…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 10.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
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Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- WaveSurfer 1.8.8p4 - Memory Corruption (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 19772dos, windowspublished 12 Jul 2012Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 19772 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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By mitre
- 11 months later
· 11 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.2% · top 4.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 49889 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19772 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- GLSA-201309-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [oss-secuirty] 20131210 CVE-2012-6303 WaveSurfer and Snack Sound Toolkit buffer overflows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0382 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:126 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2012-6158 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2012-6303)Record last updated .