DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6303

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6303

    Published: 28 Oct 2013Last Modified: 5 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-6303

    Summary:

    Details: Heap-based buffer overflow in the GetWavHeader function in generic/jkSoundFile.c in the Snack Sound Toolkit, as used in WaveSurfer 1.8.8p4, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large chunk size in a WAV file.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6303

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: snack

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/snack?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.2.10-dfsg1-12.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High