NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting audiofile-devel package, versions <1:0.3.6-9.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.11% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-AUDIOFILEDEVEL-8013919
  • published17 Sept 2024
  • disclosed7 Jul 2018

Introduced: 7 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-13440  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 audiofile-devel to version 1:0.3.6-9.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:3877.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream audiofile-devel package and not the audiofile-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.