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CVE-2018-20194

N/A
Published: December 18, 2018 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:52 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (5)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/knik0/faad2/issues/21
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00022.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/28
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522

CVSS

6.8MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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