CVE-2018-7254
The ParseCaffHeaderConfig function of the cli/caff.c file of WavPack 5.1.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service (global…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 9.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The ParseCaffHeaderConfig function of the cli/caff.c file of WavPack 5.1.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service (global buffer over-read), or possibly trigger a buffer overflow or incorrect memory allocation, via a maliciously crafted CAF file.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Wavpack 5.1.0 - Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 44154dos, multiplepublished 21 Feb 2018Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 44154 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Published
- 6 years later
· 6 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 | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.8% · top 4.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/8e3fe45a7bac31d9a3b558ae0079e2d92a04799e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-3578-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-4125 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/26 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889274 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 44154 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 20191219 [slackware-security] wavpack (SSA:2019-353-01) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155743/Slackware-Security-Advisory-wavpack-Updates.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2018-18992 (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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