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CVE-2019-13147 json

In Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6, there exists one NULL pointer dereference bug in ulaw2linear_buf in G711.cpp in libmodules.a t…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-4678

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6, there exists one NULL pointer dereference bug in ulaw2linear_buf in G711.cpp in libmodules.a that allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Patch / fix

  • audiofile Debian 12 0.3.6-5+deb12u1
  • audiofile Debian 14, Debian 13 0.3.6-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13147

  • audiofile Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.20.04.1
  • audiofile Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.22.04.1
  • audiofile Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.3+esm1
  • 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-2019-13147

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 SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 0.3.6-150000.3.12.1
  • audiofile SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 0.3.6-11.10.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:02283-1SUSE-SU-2025:01559-1SUSE-SU-2025:1559-1

  • audiofile openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.3.6-16.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15150-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-13147 updated cvss 0.0

audiofile: a NULL pointer dereference in ulaw2linear_buf in G711.cpp in libmodules.a leading to DoS

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 audiofile Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 audiofile Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 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

1.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/54 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/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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