cve/2018/CVE-2018-19840.md

### [CVE-2018-19840](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19840)
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### Description

The function WavpackPackInit in pack_utils.c in libwavpack.a in WavPack through 5.1.0 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (resource exhaustion caused by an infinite loop) via a crafted wav audio file because WavpackSetConfiguration64 mishandles a sample rate of zero.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155743/Slackware-Security-Advisory-wavpack-Updates.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155743/Slackware-Security-Advisory-wavpack-Updates.html

#### Github
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