CVE-2018-7254

HIGH

WavPack 5.1.0 - Denial of Service via Malicious CAF File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-7254. PoCs published by r4xis.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit generates a malformed .caf file that triggers a segmentation fault in Wavpack 5.1.0 due to improper memory handling. The PoC demonstrates a Denial of Service (DoS) condition by crafting a file with specific headers and junk data.

Description

The ParseCaffHeaderConfig function of the cli/caff.c file of WavPack 5.1.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service (global buffer over-read), or possibly trigger a buffer overflow or incorrect memory allocation, via a maliciously crafted CAF file.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by r4xis · pythondosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44154

This exploit generates a malformed .caf file that triggers a segmentation fault in Wavpack 5.1.0 due to improper memory handling. The PoC demonstrates a Denial of Service (DoS) condition by crafting a file with specific headers and junk data.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Wavpack 5.1.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Wavpack 5.1.0 installed on the target system
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3578-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4125
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/26
Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889274
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44154/
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/37

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.1026
EPSS Percentile 95.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
wavpack/wavpack 5.1.0
Published Feb 19, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026