Out-of-bounds Write Affecting faad2 package, versions *
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- published18 Dec 2018
- disclosed18 Dec 2018
Introduced: 18 Dec 2018
CVE-2018-20194 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:18.04 faad2.
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:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
There is a stack-based buffer underflow in the third instance of the calculate_gain function in libfaad/sbr_hfadj.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. A crafted input will lead to a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact because limiting the additional noise energy level is mishandled for the G_max <= G case.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-20194
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20194
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/28
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00022.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20194
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17
- https://github.com/knik0/faad2/issues/21