CVE-2012-6303
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 10.2%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 10.2% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-6158)
- Published
- October 28, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-6158 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- kth / snack sound toolkit
- kth / wavesurfer
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00034.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49889(Vendor 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)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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