What is CVE-2019-13147?

CVE-2019-13147 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Audiofile, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-07-02.

How severe is CVE-2019-13147?

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

Is CVE-2019-13147 known to be exploited?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Audiofile

CVE-2019-13147

In Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6, there exists one NULL pointer dereference bug in ulaw2linear_buf in G711.cpp in libmodules.a that allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Published 2019-07-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (79.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Audiofile — versions 0.3.6
Debian Linux — versions 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Public proof-of-concept exploits

w4zu/Debian_

References

github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/54 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00006.html (mailing-list, Mailing List)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-13147?: CVE-2019-13147 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Audiofile, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-07-02.
How severe is CVE-2019-13147?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-13147 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.