CVE-2018-20196

moderate-risk
Published 2018-12-18

There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the third instance of the calculate_gain function in libfaad/sbr_hfadj.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. A crafted input will lead to a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact because the S_M array is mishandled.

Do I need to act?

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0.33% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (3)

Affected Vendors

Debian Audiocoding

References (8)

Exploit https://github.com/knik0/faad2/issues/19
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00033.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5109
Exploit https://github.com/knik0/faad2/issues/19
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00033.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5109
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 9/34 · Low