Security advisory

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  "id": "d5d89b88adfa970e1ff28f126f93b806a087e2d8598d18ec887d9756d86c0463",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-7253",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-7253",
    "summary": "The ParseDsdiffHeaderConfig function of the cli/dsdiff.c file of WavPack 5.1.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly overwrite the heap via a maliciously crafted DSDIFF file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-7253",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-7253"
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/dbry/wavpack",
              "type": "GIT",
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                {
                  "fixed": "36a24c7881427d2e1e4dc1cef58f19eee0d13aec"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wavpack:wavpack:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
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                        "introduced": "5.1.0"
                      },
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                        "last_affected": "5.1.0"
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                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
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                    "range": [
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                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "5.1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-7253.json",
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                "source": "https://github.com/dbry/wavpack/commit/36a24c7881427d2e1e4dc1cef58f19eee0d13aec",
                "target": {
                  "file": "cli/dsdiff.c"
                },
                "deprecated": false,
                "signature_type": "Line",
                "signature_version": "v1"
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                "id": "CVE-2018-7253-c1bfef83",
                "digest": {
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                  "function_hash": "228216815797683513329737268913628450895"
                },
                "source": "https://github.com/dbry/wavpack/commit/36a24c7881427d2e1e4dc1cef58f19eee0d13aec",
                "target": {
                  "file": "cli/dsdiff.c",
                  "function": "ParseDsdiffHeaderConfig"
                },
                "deprecated": false,
                "signature_type": "Function",
                "signature_version": "v1"
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            ],
            "vanir_signatures_modified": "2026-10-20T13:35:01Z"
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T13:35:01.840463273Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/37",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3578-1/",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4125",
        "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889559",
        "https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/36a24c7881427d2e1e4dc1cef58f19eee0d13aec",
        "https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/28"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "17.10"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "17.10"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "9.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-7253",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 387838,
  "published_at": "2018-02-19T23:29:00.213+00:00"
}