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
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (61.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 61.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Audiocoding Freeware Advanced Audio Coder — versions 1.29.9.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/knik0/faac/issues/23 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-16 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
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.