Buffer overflow in Audiocoding Freeware Advanced Audio Coder
CVE-2018-19886
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 book 8 case.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.010 (59.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Audiocoding Freeware_advanced_audio_coder — versions 1.29.9.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-19886?
- CVE-2018-19886 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Audiocoding Freeware Advanced Audio Coder, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-12-06.
- How severe is CVE-2018-19886?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.