Out-of-bounds Read in Audiocoding Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2
CVE-2018-19504
An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.1. There is a NULL pointer dereference in ifilter_bank() in libfaad/filtbank.c.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (71.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Audiocoding Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 — versions 2.8.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/faad (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- sourceforge.net/p/faac/bugs/240/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522 (vendor-advisory)
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/28 (mailing-list)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-19504?
- CVE-2018-19504 is a high-severity vulnerability in Audiocoding Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-11-23.
- How severe is CVE-2018-19504?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.