NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting faad2 package, versions <2.9.0-r0
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- published22 Dec 2018
- disclosed22 Dec 2018
Introduced: 22 Dec 2018
CVE-2018-20357 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.13 faad2 to version 2.9.0-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream faad2 package and not the faad2 package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.13 relevant fixed versions and status.
A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in sbr_process_channel of libfaad/sbr_dec.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20357
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/28
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20357
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17
- https://github.com/knik0/faad2/issues/28
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-20357