CVE-2018-20196
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.3%
There is a stack-based buffer overflow 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 the S_M array is mishandled.
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 1.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 70th percentile
- Published
- 2018-12-18
- Updated
- 2024-08-05
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- knik0/faad2/issues/19235★ · 2026-10-01
Security advisories
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00033.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5109