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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2018-13440 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having a security impact of Low, and a future update may address this flaw.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5.3 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Low |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | audiofile | Affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | audiofile | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | audiofile | Not affected |
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