CVE-2018-1000223

soundtouch: Heap-based buffer overflow in SoundStretch/WavFile.cpp:WavInFile::readHeaderBlock() potentially leading to code execution

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.2

CVSS 3.0

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Published · July 13, 2018

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

SoundStretch command-line utility packaged with SoundTouch library is vulnerable to heap-based buffer overflow in WavFile.cpp:WavInFile::readHeaderBlock() function that can lead to arbitrary code execution when processing untrusted file input.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4.2
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow