CVE & CISA-KEV CatalogNVD
CVE-2012-6303
MEDIUMEPSS 95th pctl6.8
CVSS v2
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.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
10.24%probability of exploitation in 30 days
95thpercentile
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00034.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49889
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-04.xml
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19772
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:126
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/10/2
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