CVE-2012-6303
N/A
Published: October 28, 2013 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:47 PM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsopenSUSESnack Sound ToolkitWavesurfer
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 10%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00034.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/49889Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-04.xmlExploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19772Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:126Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/10/2Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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