{"id":"CVE-2012-6303","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-6303","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T07:20:23.703Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2013-10-28T22:55:04.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:47:59.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["kth/snack sound toolkit","kth/wavesurfer","opensuse/opensuse"],"epss":{"score":0.10239,"percentile":0.95696,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2012-07-12","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":19772,"kind":"exploit","title":"WaveSurfer 1.8.8p4 - Memory Corruption (PoC)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19772","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/19772.py","file":"exploits/windows/dos/19772.py","published":"2012-07-12","added":"2012-07-12","updated":"2016-10-10","author":"Jean Pascal Pereira","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-83813","CVE-2012-6303"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comwavesurfer-1.8.8p4-win-i386.zip","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.2%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00034.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/49889","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-04.xml","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19772","tags":["Exploit","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:126","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/10/2","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00034.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/49889","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-04.xml","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19772","tags":["Exploit","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:126","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/10/2","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6303","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}