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Vulnerability details: VCID-8jyp-6tk9-bfd5
Vulnerability ID VCID-8jyp-6tk9-bfd5
Aliases CVE-2018-13440
Summary audiofile: NULL pointer dereference in ModuleState::setup() in modules/ModuleState.cpp allows for denial of service via crafted file
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.9
Risk 3.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-13440.json
epss 0.06018 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-13440
epss 0.06018 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-13440
epss 0.06018 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-13440
epss 0.06018 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-13440
epss 0.06018 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-13440
epss 0.06018 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-13440
epss 0.06018 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-13440
epss 0.06018 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-13440
epss 0.06018 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-13440
cvssv3 3.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13440
cvssv3 6.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13440
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-13440.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-13440
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-13440
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/49
1600367 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1600367
903499 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=903499
cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
CVE-2018-13440 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13440
RHSA-2020:3877 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3877
USN-3800-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3800-1/
USN-6558-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/6558-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-13440.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13440
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

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not_defined

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13440
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

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required

unchanged

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high

low

none

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low

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.90667
EPSS Score 0.06018
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:23:30.299078+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-13440.json 38.0.0