CVE-2018-19888 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in the huffcode function (libfaac/huff2.c) in Freeware Advanced Audio Coder (FAAC) 1.29.9.2. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service in the HCB_ESC case.

Published: 2018-12-06

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very 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_coder:1.29.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-11562	An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in the huffcode function (libfaac/huff2.c) in Freeware Advanced Audio Coder (FAAC) 1.29.9.2. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service in the HCB_ESC case.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00867.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/knik0/faac/issues/25

History

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Subscriptions

Audiocoding Freeware Advanced Audio Coder

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-12-06T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:30:54.726Z

Reserved: 2018-12-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-19888

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-12-06T00:29:00.407

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:50:03.567

Link: CVE-2018-19888

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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