Security advisory

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10169",
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    "title": "CVE-2016-10169",
    "summary": "The read_code function in read_words.c in Wavpack before 5.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted WV file.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T13:13:29.497976860Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3568-1/",
        "https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/4bc05fc490b66ef2d45b1de26abf1455b486b0dc",
        "https://sourceforge.net/p/wavpack/mailman/message/35557889/"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 387329,
  "published_at": "2017-03-14T14:59:00.167+00:00"
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