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CVE-2018-20197 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/knik0/faad2/issues/20 CVEExploitVendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00022.html CVE
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/28 CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17 CVE
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
audiocoding freeware advanced audio decoder 2
2.8.8

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:freeware_advanced_audio_decoder_2:2.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-20197
NVD Published Date:
Dec 18, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-20197 Details - Not Deferred