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CVE-2018-19502

Published: 23 November 2018

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.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 incorrectly handled certain mp4 files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
faad2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty
Released (2.7-8+deb8u3build0.14.04.1~esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
impish Not vulnerable
(2.8.8-3.2)
groovy Not vulnerable
(2.8.8-3.2)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(2.8.8-3.2)
xenial Needed

jammy Not vulnerable
(2.8.8-3.2)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(2.8.8-3.2)
lunar Not vulnerable
(2.8.8-3.2)
bionic Needed

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Not vulnerable
(2.8.8-3.2)
focal Not vulnerable
(2.8.8-3.2)
upstream Deferred

mantic Not vulnerable
(2.8.8-3.2)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H