Medium severity · published Jul 8, 2018
CVE-2018-13440
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…
6.5
CVSS
3.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.1% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AU
Audiofile · Audiofile
0.3.6 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13440
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-13440
Exploit
https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/49
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3800-1/
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