USN-5721-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5721-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5721-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5721-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2022-11-10T18:47:06.628507Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:36:08Z
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / wavpack

Package

Name
wavpack
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/wavpack@4.75.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.75.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1

Affected versions

4.*

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

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libwavpack-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.75.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwavpack1",
            "binary_version": "4.75.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wavpack",
            "binary_version": "4.75.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2022-2476",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"
}