wavpack — security advisory
A null pointer dereference bug was found in wavpack-5.4.0 The results from the ASAN log: AddressSanitizer:DEADLYSIGNAL ===================================================================84257==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000000 (pc 0x561b47a970c6 bp 0x7fff13952fb0 sp 0x7fff1394fca0 T0) ==84257==The signal is caused by a WRITE memory access. ==84257==Hint: address points to the zero page. #0 0x561b47a970c5 in main cli/wvunpack.c:834 #1 0x7efc4f5c0082 in __libc_start_main (/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6+0x24082) #2 0x561b47a945ed in _start (/usr/local/bin/wvunpack+0xa5ed) AddressSanitizer can not provide additional info. SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: SEGV cli/wvunpack.c:834 in main ==84257==ABORTING
- Products
- wavpack
- Affected versions
- 4.75.0-1, 4.75.2-2, 4.75.2-2ubuntu0.1, 4.75.2-2ubuntu0.2, 5.1.0-2, 5.1.0-2ubuntu1, 5.1.0-2ubuntu1.1, 5.1.0-2ubuntu1.2, 5.1.0-2ubuntu1.3, 5.1.0-2ubuntu1.4, 5.1.0-2ubuntu1.5, 5.1.0-7, 5.2.0-1, 5.2.0-1ubuntu0.1, 5.4.0-1build1, 5.4.0-1build2, 5.6.0-1, 5.6.0-1build1, 5.8.1-1, 5.8.1-1build1, 5.9.0-1, 5.9.0-2
- Fixed versions
- 4.75.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-2476
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 01:00 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A null pointer dereference bug was found in wavpack-5.4.0 The results from the ASAN log: AddressSanitizer:DEADLYSIGNAL ===================================================================84257==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000000 (pc 0x561b47a970c6 bp 0x7fff13952fb0 sp 0x7fff1394fca0 T0) ==84257==The signal is caused by a WRITE memory access. ==84257==Hint: address points to the zero page. #0 0x561b47a970c5 in main cli/wvunpack.c:834 #1 0x7efc4f5c0082 in __libc_start_main (/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6+0x24082) #2 0x561b47a945ed in _start (/usr/local/bin/wvunpack+0xa5ed) AddressSanitizer can not provide additional info. SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: SEGV cli/wvunpack.c:834 in main ==84257==ABORTING
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2476
wavpack
Fixed versions: 4.75.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1
wavpack
Fixed versions: Not specified
wavpack
Fixed versions: Not specified
wavpack
Fixed versions: Not specified
wavpack
Fixed versions: Not specified
wavpack
Fixed versions: Not specified
wavpack
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Complete source record
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