Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2
CVE-2018-20359
MEDIUM
Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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1DescriptionNVD
An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in the sbrDecodeSingleFramePS function of libfaad/sbr_dec.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.
AnalysisAI
An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in the sbrDecodeSingleFramePS function of libfaad/sbr_dec.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Overflow (CWE-119), which allows attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in the sbrDecodeSingleFramePS function of libfaad/sbr_dec.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service. Affected products include: Audiocoding Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checking. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, stack canaries. Use safe string functions.
There is a stack-based buffer underflow in the third instance of the calculate_gain function in libfaad/sbr_hfadj.c in F
There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the third instance of the calculate_gain function in libfaad/sbr_hfadj.c in Fr
There is a stack-based buffer underflow in the third instance of the calculate_gain function in libfaad/sbr_hfadj.c in F
An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.1. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnera
An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.1. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnera
An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.1. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnera
An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnera
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Same weakness CWE-119 – Buffer Overflow
View allSame technique Denial Of Service
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