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CVE-2019-6956

Published: 25 January 2019

An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. It is a buffer over-read in ps_mix_phase in libfaad/ps_dec.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

7.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
faad2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needed

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Not vulnerable
(2.8.8-3.2)
impish 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)
trusty
Released (2.7-8+deb8u3build0.14.04.1~esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
focal Not vulnerable
(2.8.8-3.2)
groovy Not vulnerable
(2.8.8-3.2)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(2.8.8-3.2)
lunar Not vulnerable
(2.8.8-3.2)
upstream
Released (2.7-8+deb8u3)
mantic Not vulnerable
(2.8.8-3.2)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/knik0/faad2/commit/6823e6610c9af1b0080cb22b9da03efb208d7d57

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.1
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H