What is CVE-2019-19698?

CVE-2019-19698 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libwav Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-12-10.

How severe is CVE-2019-19698?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Libwav Project

CVE-2019-19698

marc-q libwav through 2017-04-20 has a NULL pointer dereference in wav_content_read() at libwav.c.

Published 2019-12-10 · 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: 0.012 (66.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libwav Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

github.com/marc-q/libwav/issues/25 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/xiaoxiongwang/security/tree/master/libwav (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-19698?: CVE-2019-19698 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libwav Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-12-10.
How severe is CVE-2019-19698?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.