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CVE-2018-13440 json

The audiofile Audio File Library 0.3.6 has a NULL pointer dereference bug in ModuleState::setup in modules/ModuleState.cpp, which allows an…

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-5382

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The audiofile Audio File Library 0.3.6 has a NULL pointer dereference bug in ModuleState::setup in modules/ModuleState.cpp, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted caf file, as demonstrated by sfconvert.

Patch / fix

  • audiofile Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.3.6-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-13440

  • audiofile Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.3
  • audiofile Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1
  • audiofile Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 0.3.6-4ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-13440

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

  • audiofile RHEL 7 1:0.3.6-9.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:3877

  • audiofile SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +3 more 0.3.6-11.7.8
  • audiofile SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 0.3.6-3.7.10

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:1619-1SUSE-SU-2019:0940-1

  • audiofile openSUSE Leap 15.0 0.3.6-lp150.7.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2019:1260-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2018-13440 updated cvss 5.3

audiofile: NULL pointer dereference in ModuleState::setup() in modules/ModuleState.cpp allows for denial of service via crafted file

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 audiofile
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) audiofile 0.3.6-9.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) audiofile 0.3.6-9.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) audiofile 0.3.6-9.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) audiofile 0.3.6-9.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3877
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 audiofile Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 audiofile
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

3.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/49 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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

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