CVE-2012-6303
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)
02 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)
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 10.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-10-28 22:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-12-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 100401c89ac72471c93a3d530491376e662179d03195b19b38e6d9bba3863200
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com49889http://secunia.com/advisories/49889
- www.exploit-db.com19772http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19772
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201309-04http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-04.xml
- www.openwall.com[oss-secuirty] 20131210 CVE-2012-6303 WaveSurfer and Snack Sound Toolkit buffer overflowshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/10/2
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:0382http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00034.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2013:126http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:126
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- snack Fixed in 2.2.10-dfsg1-12.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- snack Fixed in 2.2.10-dfsg1-12.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- snack Fixed in 2.2.10-dfsg1-12.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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