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CVE-2012-6303 Detail

Current 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.

Source:  MITRE
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Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.8 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00034.html Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-04.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19772 Exploit VDB Entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:126 Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/10/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CWE-119)

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:kth:snack_sound_toolkit:2.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:kth:wavesurfer:1.8.8:p4:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Configuration 2 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-6303
NVD Published Date:
10/28/2013
NVD Last Modified:
10/30/2018