CVE-2018-19758

Exp

There is a heap-based buffer over-read at wav.c in wav_write_header in libsndfile 1.0.28 that will cause a denial of service.

Published: 2018-11-30 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2018-19758 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.88%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-19758

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-19758

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 0.61% 0.88% +0.27%
2 2025-11-18 0.88% 0.61% -0.27%
3 2025-11-10 0.88%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-19758

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-19758

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-19758

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2018-19758: 1 source package rows (libsndfile); 35 state rows across 10 repos (3.10-main, 3.11-main, 3.12-main, 3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 10, open 25. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-19758
debian not yet assigned CVE-2018-19758 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libsndfile), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19758
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19758
suse low CVE-2018-19758 severity low: SUSE including 256 source package names (0.3.32-3.4:libsndfile1-1.0.28-5.12.1, 17:libsndfile1-1.0.28-5.12.1, …), 357 product×package rows across 74 product lines (Container containers/milvus, Container containers/open-webui, … (74 product lines)): Known Affected 231, Fixed 126. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19758/
ubuntu low CVE-2018-19758 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libsndfile), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 5, not-affected 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19758

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-19758

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libsndfile_project libsndfile 1.0.28 cpe:2.3:a:libsndfile_project:libsndfile:1.0.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-19758

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