What is CVE-2018-13419?

CVE-2018-13419 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libsndfile Project, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-07-07.

How severe is CVE-2018-13419?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-13419 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Libsndfile Project

CVE-2018-13419

An issue has been found in libsndfile 1.0.28. There is a memory leak in psf_allocate in common.c, as demonstrated by sndfile-convert. NOTE: The maintainer and third parties were unable to reproduce and closed the issue

Published 2018-07-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (68.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 68.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libsndfile Project — versions 1.0.28

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/398 (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-13419?: CVE-2018-13419 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libsndfile Project, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-07-07.
How severe is CVE-2018-13419?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-13419 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.