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FKIE_CVE-2012-6303

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-10-28 22:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:47

Severity

Summary

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.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00034.html	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/49889	Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-04.xml	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19772	Exploit, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:126	Broken Link
cve@mitre.org	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/10/2	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00034.html	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/49889	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-04.xml	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19772	Exploit, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:126	Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/10/2	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
kth	snack_sound_toolkit	2.2.10
kth	wavesurfer	1.8.8
opensuse	opensuse	13.1
opensuse	opensuse	13.2

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CVE-2012-6303 (GCVE-0-2012-6303)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-10-28 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:28

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/49889	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19772	exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-04.xml	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/10/2	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA

Date Public

2012-07-12 00:00

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Sightings

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