CVE-2012-6303

medium
Published 2013-10-28 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6303

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://secunia.com/advisories/49889

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse suse13.1affected
suse suse13.2affected
debian debianbookwormfixed2.2.10-dfsg1-12.1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.2.10-dfsg1-12.1
debian debianforkyfixed2.2.10-dfsg1-12.1
debian debiansidfixed2.2.10-dfsg1-12.1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.2.10-dfsg1-12.1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
kthsnack_sound_toolkit2.2.10
kthwavesurfer1.8.8

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.