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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-35738

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. NOTE: some third-parties claim that there are later "unofficial" releases through 5.3.2, which are also affected.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:12 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-35738

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Dec 2020, 04:15 UTC

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. NOTE: some third-parties claim that there are later "unofficial" releases through 5.3.2, which are also affected.

osv:CVE-2020-35738
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-35738",
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    "title": "CVE-2020-35738",
    "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. NOTE: some third-parties claim that there are later \"unofficial\" releases through 5.3.2, which are also affected.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:53:22.694577769Z",
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      "references": [
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        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/76B7K6F74FDQATG7FECXR5KPIG52O2VL/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PENN4ZXRPZULEJOYTTLUZMBZ5H46QTUC/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VDFY4NGGDUTLVID5PNVU7LL2G2ZJLZFY/",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00013.html",
        "https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/91"
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 384289,
  "published_at": "2020-12-28T04:15:12.167+00:00"
}