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    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 via a crafted caf file, as demonstrated by sfconvert.

    Published:Jul 7, 2018
    Last Modified:Aug 13, 2025
    EPS:Jul 8, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.09117
    CVSS Score:6.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Audiofile
    Product
    Audiofile
    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/49https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/49

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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