Memory leak in libsndfile - CVE-2018-13419
Published: November 29, 2018 / Updated: August 17, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16178
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-13419
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within psf_allocate in common.c, as demonstrated by sndfile-convert. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
Affected software
libsndfile
How to mitigate CVE-2018-13419
Install update from vendor's website.