CVE-2018-6767 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2018-6767?

CVE-2018-6767 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 6 Feb 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

A stack-based buffer over-read in the ParseRiffHeaderConfig function of cli/riff.c file of WavPack 5.1.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service attack or possibly have unspecified other impact via a maliciously crafted RF64 file.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6767?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Wavpack Wavpack.

How do I fix CVE-2018-6767?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2018-6767 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6767 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2018-6767, DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6767, GHSA-gqq6-54h2-52m3.