Out-of-bounds Read Affecting faad2 package, versions <2.7-8+deb8u3build0.14.04.1~esm1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-FAAD2-1644498
  • published25 Jan 2019
  • disclosed25 Jan 2019

Introduced: 25 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-6956  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 faad2 to version 2.7-8+deb8u3build0.14.04.1~esm1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1