debian · CVE-2012-6303

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Priority: low Published: Updated: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:58:39 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2012-6303 low priority: Debian including 2 source packages (snack, wavesurfer), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10.

Description:

Heap-based buffer overflow in the GetWavHeader function in generic/jkSoundFile.c in the Snack Sound Toolkit, as used in WaveSurfer 1.8.8p4, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large chunk size in a WAV file.

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