CVE-2018-20194
HIGHFreeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 <2.8.8 - Buffer Overflow
Title source: llmDescription
There is a stack-based buffer underflow 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 limiting the additional noise energy level is mishandled for the G_max <= G case.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/knik0/faad2/issues/21
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00022.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/28
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0132
EPSS Percentile
67.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (1)
audiocoding/freeware_advanced_audio_decoder_2
2.8.8
Published
Dec 18, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026