Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202101-23
=========================================
Severity: Medium
Date    : 2021-01-12
CVE-ID  : CVE-2020-35738
Package : wavpack
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : No
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1387

Summary
======
The package wavpack before version 5.3.0-2 is vulnerable to arbitrary
code execution.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 5.3.0-2.

# pacman -Syu "wavpack>=5.3.0-2"

The problem has been fixed upstream but no release is available yet.

Workaround
=========
None.

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.

Impact
=====
A local user might execute arbitrary code through a crafted file.

References
=========
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/69234
https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/91
https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/63f3ec70129843dd64e11aa4c21c4a1cf00c9f1c
https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/89df160596132e3bd666322e1c20b2ebd4b92cd0
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-35738

ArchLinux: 202101-23: wavpack: arbitrary code execution

January 15, 2021

Summary

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.

Resolution

Upgrade to 5.3.0-2. # pacman -Syu "wavpack>=5.3.0-2"
The problem has been fixed upstream but no release is available yet.

References

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/69234 https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/91 https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/63f3ec70129843dd64e11aa4c21c4a1cf00c9f1c https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/89df160596132e3bd666322e1c20b2ebd4b92cd0 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-35738

Severity
Package : wavpack
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : No
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1387

Workaround

None.

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