CVE-2018-14549 Null dereference in n/a
Medium 6.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-14549 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2018-14549 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Jul 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-14549 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-14549/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-14549/index.md)
A segmentation fault in libwav's wav_write function allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted input.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-14549?
CVE-2018-14549 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Jul 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An issue has been found in libwav through 2017-04-20. It is a SEGV in the function wav_write in libwav.c.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-14549?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libwav Project Libwav.
How do I fix CVE-2018-14549?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-14549 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-14549 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-14549 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-65xf-r5h8-wvqj.