Vulnerability · Published Dec 28, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-35738
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the wavpack package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 69% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 31.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
WavPack 5.3.0 has an out-of-bounds write in WavpackPackSamples in pack_utils.c because of an integer overflow in a malloc argument. NOTE: some third-parties claim that there are later "unofficial" releases through 5.3.2, which are also affected.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | wavpack | 5.4.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-35738 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | wavpack | 5.4.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-35738 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | wavpack | 5.4.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-35738 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | wavpack | 5.4.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-35738 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | wavpack | 5.4.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-35738 |
| Debian:12 | wavpack | 5.3.0-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35738 |
| Debian:13 | wavpack | 5.3.0-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35738 |
| Debian:14 | wavpack | 5.3.0-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35738 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/91 x_refsource_MISC
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210115 [SECURITY] [DLA 2525-1] wavpack security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- FEDORA-2021-5c83efb61c vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2021-de45e7bb88 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2021-2e2fc2eac6 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2021-b7826fcedf vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA