CVE-2018-19502

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Published Nov 23, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.1. There was a heap-based buffer overflow in the function excluded_channels() in libfaad/syntax.c.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:freeware_advanced_audio_decoder_2:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1899-1	faad2 security update
Debian DSA	DSA-4522-1	faad2 security update
EUVD	EUVD-2018-11191	An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.1. There was a heap-based buffer overflow in the function excluded_channels() in libfaad/syntax.c.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.7% (1.660% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/faad
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00033.html
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/28
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17
https://sourceforge.net/p/faac/bugs/240/
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522

History

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Subscriptions

Audiocoding Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2

Weaknesses

CWE-787

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 11:37 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Nov 23, 2018, 7:00 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 11:37 AM
Reserved: Nov 23, 2018, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:49 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 23, 2018, 7:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:49 AM

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