Out-of-Bounds Affecting faac package, versions <1.30-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-FAAC-5678805
  • published6 Dec 2018
  • disclosed6 Dec 2018

Introduced: 6 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-19888  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 faac to version 1.30-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream faac package and not the faac package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in the huffcode function (libfaac/huff2.c) in Freeware Advanced Audio Coder (FAAC) 1.29.9.2. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service in the HCB_ESC case.