Medium
Security advisory
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.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-35738
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 11:12 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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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"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/76B7K6F74FDQATG7FECXR5KPIG52O2VL/",
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"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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"published_at": "2020-12-28T04:15:12.167+00:00"
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