See attached one-liner, which seems to fix the problem. cdda_read_timed() is called with a NULL pointer, but if you don't supply a buffer you obviously shouldn't perform any cosmetics on the content afterwards...
cheers Uli
--- cdparanoia-3.10.2+debian/interface/interface.c 2008-09-11 12:43:52.000000000 +0200 +++ interface/interface.c 2008-12-26 13:33:31.000000000 +0100 @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ long cdda_read_timed(cdrom_drive *d, voi if(d->bigendianp==-1) /* not determined yet */ d->bigendianp=data_bigendianp(d); - if(d->bigendianp!=bigendianp()){ + if(buffer && d->bigendianp!=bigendianp()){ int i; u_int16_t *p=(u_int16_t *)buffer; long els=sectors*CD_FRAMESIZE_RAW/2;