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snack — security advisory
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.
- Products
- snack
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.2.10-dfsg1-12.1
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-6303
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:00 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6303
snack
Fixed versions: 2.2.10-dfsg1-12.1
snack
Fixed versions: 2.2.10-dfsg1-12.1
snack
Fixed versions: 2.2.10-dfsg1-12.1
Complete source record
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2013-10-28T22:55:03.6+00:00"
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