CVE-2018-20198
published 2018-12-18CVE-2018-20198: A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in ifilter_bank of libfaad/filtbank.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. The vulnerability causes a…
PriorityP416medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.21%
65.1th percentile
A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in ifilter_bank of libfaad/filtbank.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service because adding to windowed output is mishandled in the LONG_START_SEQUENCE case.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| audiocoding | freeware_advanced_audio_decoder_2 | — | — |
| debian | faad2 | < faad2 2.8.8-2 (bookworm) | faad2 2.8.8-2 (bookworm) |
| faad2_project | faad2 | >= 0 < 2.8.8-2 | 2.8.8-2 |
| faad2_project | faad2 | >= 0 < 2.8.8-2 | 2.8.8-2 |
| faad2_project | faad2 | >= 0 < 2.8.8-2 | 2.8.8-2 |
| faad2_project | faad2 | >= 0 < 2.8.8-2 | 2.8.8-2 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5LOW
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GHSA
GHSA-xrvj-fcp5-3rm2: A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in ifilter_bank of libfaad/filtbank
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-20198 [MEDIUM] CWE-476 GHSA-xrvj-fcp5-3rm2: A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in ifilter_bank of libfaad/filtbank
A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in ifilter_bank of libfaad/filtbank.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service because adding to windowed output is mishandled in the LONG_START_SEQUENCE case.
OSV
CVE-2018-20198: A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in ifilter_bank of libfaad/filtbank
osv·2018-12-18·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2018-20198 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-20198: A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in ifilter_bank of libfaad/filtbank
A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in ifilter_bank of libfaad/filtbank.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service because adding to windowed output is mishandled in the LONG_START_SEQUENCE case.
Debian
CVE-2018-20198: faad2 - A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in ifilter_bank of libfaad/filtbank.c ...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2018-20198 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-20198: faad2 - A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in ifilter_bank of libfaad/filtbank.c ...
A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in ifilter_bank of libfaad/filtbank.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service because adding to windowed output is mishandled in the LONG_START_SEQUENCE case.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.8.8-2)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.8.8-2)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.8.8-2)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.8.8-2)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.8.8-2)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
https://github.com/knik0/faad2/issues/23https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00022.htmlhttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/28https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522https://github.com/knik0/faad2/issues/23https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00022.htmlhttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/28https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522
2018-12-18
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