Out-of-bounds Read Affecting faad2 package, versions <2.8.8-2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-FAAD2-369921
  • published2 Dec 2018
  • disclosed23 Nov 2018

Introduced: 23 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-19504  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable faad2 to version 2.8.8-2 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.1. There is a NULL pointer dereference in ifilter_bank() in libfaad/filtbank.c.