mackron / miniaudio Out-of-Bounds Read in BEXT Coding History Parsing
miniaudio version 0.11.25 and earlier (fixed in commits 1df46ae and 1df46ae) contain a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the WAV BEXT metadata parser that allows attackers to trigger memory access violations by processing crafted WAV files. Attackers can exploit improper null-termination handling in the coding history field to cause out-of-bounds reads past the allocated metadata pool, resulting in application crashes or denial of service.
- Published
- Mar 17, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 14, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 6th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-170
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Action score
20
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 20 / 40 · 5.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- proof of concept
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · VulnCheck
- 5.1
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| mackron | miniaudio | cpe:2.3:a:mackron:miniaudio |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- mackron miniaudioup to 0.11.25 inclusive
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (VulnCheck). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
mackron miniaudio
- 1df46ae9a0eed5aa9f58b179d2cc4af5d23f8bdenot affected
- up to and including 0.11.25affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | miniaudio | all versions | — |
| Debian:14 | miniaudio | before 0.11.25+dfsg-1 | 0.11.25+dfsg-1 |
Same product
mackron: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2024-41147An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the ma_dr_flac__decode_samples__lpc functionality of Miniaudio miniaudio v0.11.21.39Monitor
- CVE-2021-34184Miniaudio 0.10.35 has a Double free vulnerability that could cause a buffer overflow in ma_default_vfs_close__stdio in miniaudio.h.39Monitor
- CVE-2021-34185Miniaudio 0.10.35 has an integer-based buffer overflow caused by an out-of-bounds left shift in drwav_bytes_to_u32 in miniaudio.h31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:miniaudio | 0.11.25+dfsg-1 · Debian:14 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Ana Kapulicafinder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-170 · Improper Null TerminationCVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
nvd-secondary
Attack context
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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- github.com/mackron/dr_libs/commit/04e40d66a7ba1632f93ec1328d4b42ad986e3ee0
- github.com/mackron/miniaudio/commit/1df46ae9a0eed5aa9f58b179d2cc4af5d23f8bde
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mackron-miniaudio-out-of-bounds-read-in-bext-coding-history-parsing
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.