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CVE-2018-13440

Published: 8 July 2018

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
ebarretto
It looks like upstream is not active anymore, some of the open CVEs
have a proposed fix on a fork.
Marking as deferred for now.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
audiofile
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic
Released (0.3.6-4ubuntu0.1~esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Not vulnerable
(0.3.6-5)
focal Not vulnerable
(0.3.6-5)
groovy Not vulnerable
(0.3.6-5)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(0.3.6-5)
impish Not vulnerable
(0.3.6-5)
jammy Not vulnerable
(0.3.6-5)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(0.3.6-5)
lunar Not vulnerable
(0.3.6-5)
mantic Not vulnerable
(0.3.6-5)
trusty
Released (0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.3)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (0.3.6-2ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/wtay/audiofile/commit/fde6d79fb8363c4a329a184ef0b107156602b225

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H