High severity · published Jul 4, 2018
CVE-2018-13139
A stack-based buffer overflow in psf_memset in common.c in libsndfile 1.0.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified…
8.8
CVSS
3.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A stack-based buffer overflow in psf_memset in common.c in libsndfile 1.0.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted audio file. The vulnerability can be triggered by the executable sndfile-deinterleave.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.6% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
LI
Libsndfile · Libsndfile Project
1.0.28 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13139
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-13139
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/397
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00016.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-23
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4013-1/
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