CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-13440

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jul 08, 2018 | Modified: Aug 13, 2025
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.3 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW
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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.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
AudiofileAudiofile0.3.6 (including)0.3.6 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHataudiofile-1:0.3.6-9.el7*
AudiofileUbuntuartful*
AudiofileUbuntubionic*
AudiofileUbuntucosmic*
AudiofileUbuntudisco*
AudiofileUbuntuesm-apps/bionic*
AudiofileUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
AudiofileUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
AudiofileUbuntutrusty*
AudiofileUbuntutrusty/esm*
AudiofileUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References