CVE-2018-20196: 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)…

PriorityP432high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

1.28%

66.9th percentile

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.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
audiocoding	freeware_advanced_audio_decoder_2	—	—
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	faad2	< faad2 2.8.8-3.1 (bookworm)	faad2 2.8.8-3.1 (bookworm)
faad2_project	faad2	>= 0 < 2.8.8-3.1	2.8.8-3.1
faad2_project	faad2	>= 0 < 2.8.8-3.1	2.8.8-3.1
faad2_project	faad2	>= 0 < 2.8.8-3.1	2.8.8-3.1
faad2_project	faad2	>= 0 < 2.8.8-3.1	2.8.8-3.1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv7.8HIGH

vendor_debian7.8LOW

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