USN-5721-1

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    USN-5721-1

    Published: 10 Nov 2022Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: wavpack vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that WavPack was not properly performing checks when dealing with memory. If a user were tricked into decompressing a specially crafted WavPack Audio File, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the WavPack decompressor to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5721-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2476

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wavpack

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/wavpack?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.75.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1

    Affected versions

    4.75.0-1
    4.75.2-2
    4.75.2-2ubuntu0.1
    4.75.2-2ubuntu0.2

    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
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