UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6303

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6303
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6303.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6303
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:48Z
Published
2013-10-28T22:55:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:31:04.635589Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / snack

Package

Name
snack
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/snack@2.2.10.20090623-dfsg-4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.10.20090623-dfsg-4

Affected versions

2.*

2.2.10-dfsg1-12.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libsnack-alsa",
            "binary_version": "2.2.10.20090623-dfsg-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsnack-oss",
            "binary_version": "2.2.10.20090623-dfsg-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-tksnack",
            "binary_version": "2.2.10.20090623-dfsg-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tcl-snack",
            "binary_version": "2.2.10.20090623-dfsg-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tcl-snack-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.2.10.20090623-dfsg-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tcl-snack-doc",
            "binary_version": "2.2.10.20090623-dfsg-4"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6303.json"