CVE-2018-20194

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-20194
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-18 01:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-06-15 18:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThere 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Audiocoding Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 2.8.8 All All All
Application Audiocoding Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 2.8.8 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 1791-1] faad2 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4522-1] faad2 security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org
FAAD2: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202006-17) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4522-1 faad2 DEBIAN www.debian.org
stack-buffer-underflow in function calculate_gain(libfaad/sbr_hfadj.c:1314) · Issue #21 · knik0/faad2 · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500896 Alpine Linux Security Update for faad2
  • 504736 Alpine Linux Security Update for faad2
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