CVE-2018-20194
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.23%faad2 - security update
Published: 12/18/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
There 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.
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/faad2from 0, < 2.9.0-r0
- Debian/faad2from 0, < 2.8.8-2
- Debian/faad2from 0, < 2.7-8+deb8u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |