Out-of-bounds Read Affecting faad2 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-FAAD2-459133
  • 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?

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.

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.