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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-44269

An out of bounds read was found in Wavpack 5.4.0 in processing *.WAV files. This issue triggered in function WavpackPackSamples of file src/pack_utils.c, tainted variable cnt is too large, that makes pointer sptr read beyond heap bound.

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31 Oct 2026, 12:01 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-44269

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Mar 2022, 17:44 UTC

An out of bounds read was found in Wavpack 5.4.0 in processing *.WAV files. This issue triggered in function WavpackPackSamples of file src/pack_utils.c, tainted variable cnt is too large, that makes pointer sptr read beyond heap bound.

osv:CVE-2021-44269
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-44269",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-44269",
    "summary": "An out of bounds read was found in Wavpack 5.4.0 in processing *.WAV files. This issue triggered in function WavpackPackSamples of file src/pack_utils.c, tainted variable cnt is too large, that makes pointer sptr read beyond heap bound.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-44269",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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          "database_specific": {
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:55:05.305405478Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2CZUFTX3J4Y4OSRITG4PXCI7NRVFDYVQ/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5B7L26LA6KGX7YH6SWD5CSBNWKV5MBO/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CRZWZKEEABCLVXZEXQZBIT3ZKLIXVFF5/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I54NXQZELBF42OL4KQZJJRAYZX7IPZXP/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SQKOOJRI2VAPYS3652HVDXON723HTXBP/",
        "https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/110"
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              "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
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    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2021-44269",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 386858,
  "published_at": "2022-03-10T17:44:14.923+00:00"
}