CVE-2018-10536
The WAV parser component contains a vulnerability that allows writing to memory because ParseRiffHeaderConfig in riff.c does not reject multiple format chunks.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.97%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in WavPack 5.1.0 and earlier. The WAV parser component contains a vulnerability that allows writing to memory because ParseRiffHeaderConfig in riff.c does not reject multiple format chunks.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.97% probability · 80th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- wavpack/wavpack · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 3.6% on 21 September 2026 to 2.0% on 27 October 2026.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155743/Slackware-Security-Advisory-wavpack-Updates.html
- https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/26cb47f99d481ad9b93eeff80d26e6b63bbd7e15Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/30Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/31Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/32Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6CFFFWIWALGQPKINRDW3PRGRD5LOLGZA/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BRWQNE3TH5UF64IKHKKHVCHJHUOVKJUH/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/37
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3637-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4197Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155743/Slackware-Security-Advisory-wavpack-Updates.html
- https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/26cb47f99d481ad9b93eeff80d26e6b63bbd7e15Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/30Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/31Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/32Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6CFFFWIWALGQPKINRDW3PRGRD5LOLGZA/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BRWQNE3TH5UF64IKHKKHVCHJHUOVKJUH/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/37
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3637-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4197Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.