CVE-2018-19503 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.1. There was a stack-based buffer overflow in the function calculate_gain() in libfaad/sbr_hfadj.c.

Published: 2018-11-23

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 1.5% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:freeware_advanced_audio_decoder_2:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-4522-1	faad2 security update
EUVD	EUVD-2018-11192	An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.1. There was a stack-based buffer overflow in the function calculate_gain() in libfaad/sbr_hfadj.c.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0145.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/faad
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/28
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17
https://sourceforge.net/p/faac/bugs/240/
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522

History

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Subscriptions

Audiocoding Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-11-23T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T11:37:11.523Z

Reserved: 2018-11-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-19503

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-11-23T19:29:00.340

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:49:24.053

Link: CVE-2018-19503

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write

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