CVE-2018-14948 Memory corruption in n/a
Mismatched memory management routines in the dilawar sound library allow attackers to cause memory corruption, potentially leading to code execution or crashes.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-14948?
CVE-2018-14948 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Aug 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An issue has been found in dilawar sound through 2017-11-27. The end of openWavFile in wav-file.cc has Mismatched Memory Management Routines (operator new [] versus operator delete).
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-14948?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sound Project Sound.
How do I fix CVE-2018-14948?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-14948 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2018-14948 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-14948 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c2p4-mhp2-gh73.