CVE-2020-35738

medium
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

WavPack 5.3.0 has an out-of-bounds write in WavpackPackSamples in pack_utils.c because of an integer overflow in a malloc argument. NOTE: some third-parties claim that there are later "unofficial" releases through 5.3.2, which are also affected.

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-2020-35738

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-35738.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202101-23

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed5.3.0-2
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.3.0-2
debian debianbullseyefixed5.3.0-2
debian debianforkyfixed5.3.0-2
debian debiansidfixed5.3.0-2
debian debiantrixiefixed5.3.0-2

References

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