CVE-2019-6956

moderate-risk
Published 2019-01-25

An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. It is a buffer over-read in ps_mix_phase in libfaad/ps_dec.c.

Do I need to act?

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0.35% 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
7
CVSS 7.1/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (4)

Affected Vendors

Debian Audiocoding

References (12)

Exploit https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/blob/master/faad/global-buffer-overflow%40ps...
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00033.html
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00020.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17
Issue Tracking https://sourceforge.net/p/faac/bugs/240/
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5109
Exploit https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/blob/master/faad/global-buffer-overflow%40ps...
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00033.html
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00020.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17
Issue Tracking https://sourceforge.net/p/faac/bugs/240/
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5109
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moderate-risk
Severity 22/34 · High
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 10/34 · Low