CVE-2018-10538
Out-of-bounds writes can occur because ParseRiffHeaderConfig in riff.c does not validate the sizes of unknown chunks before attempting memory allocation, related to a lack of integer-overflow protection within a bytes_to_copy calculation and subsequent…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.74%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was discovered in WavPack 5.1.0 and earlier for WAV input. Out-of-bounds writes can occur because ParseRiffHeaderConfig in riff.c does not validate the sizes of unknown chunks before attempting memory allocation, related to a lack of integer-overflow protection within a bytes_to_copy calculation and subsequent malloc call, leading to insufficient memory allocation.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.74% probability · 78th 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 3.2% on 21 September 2026 to 1.7% on 27 October 2026.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155743/Slackware-Security-Advisory-wavpack-Updates.html
- https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/6f8bb34c2993a48ab9afbe353e6d0cff7c8d821dPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/33Exploit, Issue 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/6f8bb34c2993a48ab9afbe353e6d0cff7c8d821dPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/33Exploit, Issue 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.