CVE-2018-19432 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2018-19432?

CVE-2018-19432 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 22 Nov 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An issue was discovered in libsndfile 1.0.28. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function sf_write_int in sndfile.c, which will lead to a denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-19432?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Libsndfile Project Libsndfile.

How do I fix CVE-2018-19432?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2018-19432 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-19432 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19432, GHSA-qcq5-35c7-7hvw, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19432.