CVE-2019-25649 River Past Audio Converter 7.7.16 Local Buffer Overflow DoS
Local attackers can crash River Past Audio Converter by entering oversized input in the activation field, causing a denial of service.
- 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-2019-25649?
CVE-2019-25649 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in riverpast River Past Audio Converter, published on 26 Mar 2026. 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
River Past Audio Converter 7.7.16 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability in the activation code field that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized input string. Attackers can paste a large payload of repeated characters into the 'E-Mail and Activation Code' field and click 'Activate' to trigger a denial of service condition.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-25649?
How do I fix CVE-2019-25649?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-25649 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-2019-25649 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-25649 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wr66-cqpq-94f7.