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Plain-English summary
CVE-2019-13147 is a crash bug in Audio File Library 0.3.6. A specially crafted audio file can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and cause denial of service. The main business risk is availability disruption in systems that automatically process untrusted audio files.
Executive priority
Treat as a targeted availability risk. Prioritize remediation for internet-facing upload paths, automated media pipelines, and shared services where a crash could interrupt business workflows.
Technical view
The issue is reported in ulaw2linear_buf in G711.cpp within libmodules.a. Processing a crafted file can dereference a NULL pointer and crash the process. The source bundle provides no CVSS, CWE, or detailed affected CPE data beyond Audio File Library 0.3.6.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely where audiofile 0.3.6, or distro packages derived from it, process user-supplied or third-party audio files. Internal-only use with trusted files lowers practical risk.
Exploitation context
The CVE record says exploitation requires a crafted file and leads to denial of service. CISA KEV status is false, and the provided sources do not show active exploitation in the wild.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited: no CVSS, CWE, CPEs, exploit status, or detailed patch metadata are included. Debian LTS advisories confirm downstream security updates, but source-built users need upstream or vendor confirmation.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory systems and applications using Audio File Library or audiofile packages.
- Apply Debian LTS security updates where Debian-packaged audiofile is used.
- For source-built deployments, check upstream or vendor guidance for corrected builds.
- Limit or sandbox processing of untrusted audio files.
- Prefer fail-closed handling for malformed audio inputs.
Validation and detection
- Confirm installed audiofile package versions against distro security advisories.
- Identify services that process uploaded or external audio files.
- Check crash logs for audiofile, G711, or malformed audio processing failures.
- Verify malformed audio inputs return controlled errors, not process crashes.
- Document whether exposure is internet-facing, internal, or batch-only.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/54CVE reference
- [debian-lts-announce] 20231112 [SECURITY] [DLA 3650-1] audiofile security updateCVE reference · mailing-list
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00020.htmlCVE reference
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