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CVE-2016-10169 json

The read_code function in read_words.c in Wavpack before 5.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) vi…

published 2017-03-14 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-1357

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The read_code function in read_words.c in Wavpack before 5.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted WV file.

Patch / fix

  • wavpack Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.0.0-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10169

  • wavpack Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.70.0-1ubuntu0.1
  • wavpack Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.75.2-2ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10169

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • wavpack SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +6 more 4.60.99-5.3.1
  • wavpack SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 4.50.1-1.27.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:0608-1SUSE-SU-2018:0607-1

  • wavpack Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +20 more 5.1.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2016-10169

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-10169 updated cvss 4.4

wavpack: Global buffer overread in read_code / read_words.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 wavpack Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 wavpack
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • sourceforge.net https://sourceforge.net/p/wavpack/mailman/message/35557889/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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