Medium
Security advisory
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.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2021-44269
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:01 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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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"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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