CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-20197

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.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/knik0/faad2/issues/20 Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00022.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/28
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17
Configurations

Configuration 1

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

Published : 2018-12-18 01:29

Updated : 2020-06-15 06:15

NVD link : CVE-2018-20197

Mitre link : CVE-2018-20197

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-787