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Plain-English summary
CVE-2019-25649 is a local denial-of-service flaw in River Past Audio Converter 7.7.16. A person with access to the application can crash it through the activation form. Business impact is likely limited to disruption of that desktop application, not system takeover, based on the provided sources.
Executive priority
Treat as a medium-priority endpoint hygiene issue. It can interrupt use of the affected audio conversion tool, but the cited evidence does not show remote compromise, data theft, or active exploitation.
Technical view
The issue is a local buffer overflow, classified as CWE-787, in the activation code input field of River Past Audio Converter 7.7.16. CVSS 4.0 score is 6.8 with local attack vector, low complexity, user interaction present, and high vulnerable-system availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to endpoints where River Past Audio Converter 7.7.16 is installed and usable locally. The sources do not identify other affected versions, server-side exposure, or remote attack paths.
Exploitation context
A public Exploit-DB entry is referenced, so technical details are publicly available. The source bundle says this CVE is not in CISA KEV, and no cited source states active exploitation in the wild.
Researcher notes
Analysis is constrained to the supplied CVE, VulnCheck, and Exploit-DB references. No vendor patch, fixed version, or broader affected-version range is named in the provided evidence.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory endpoints for River Past Audio Converter 7.7.16.
- Check River Past vendor guidance for updates or replacement options.
- Remove the software where it is unnecessary or unsupported.
- Restrict local access to systems running the affected application.
- Prioritize remediation where the application supports business-critical workflows.
Validation and detection
- Confirm installed product name and version on managed endpoints.
- Verify whether version 7.7.16 is present.
- Review helpdesk or crash reports for related application failures.
- Check vulnerability management tools for CVE-2019-25649 coverage.
- Document compensating controls if removal or upgrade is delayed.
Public sources used
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.8 (4.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N——Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 4.0 score
6.8MediumVector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- ExploitDB-46322CVE reference · exploit
- VulnCheck Advisory: River Past Audio Converter 7.7.16 Local Buffer Overflow DoSCVE reference · third-party-advisory
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