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high 8.8

CVE-2018-1000223 json

soundtouch version up to and including 2.0.0 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in SoundStretch/WavFile.cpp:WavInFile::readHeaderBloc…

published 2018-08-20 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-1893

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.4%
EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

soundtouch version up to and including 2.0.0 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in SoundStretch/WavFile.cpp:WavInFile::readHeaderBlock() that can result in arbitrary code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via victim must open maliocius file in soundstretch utility.

Patch / fix

  • soundtouch Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.1.2+ds1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000223

  • soundtouch Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2.1.2+ds1-1
  • soundtouch Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.7.1-5ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • soundtouch Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.9.2-2+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • soundtouch Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.9.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000223

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • soundtouch SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 +2 more 1.7.1-5.3.1
  • soundtouch SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 1.8.0-3.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:3070-1SUSE-SU-2018:3068-1

  • soundtouch openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.2-1.6

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11393-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-1000223 updated cvss 4.2

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

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 soundtouch Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 soundtouch
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/soundtouch/soundtouch/issues/6 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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