CVE-2018-20197

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.8

Exploit probability71. percentile1.3%

ProductAudiocoding Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder

PublishedDec 18, 2018

First seenDec 18, 2018

How to fix

Vendor advisories

debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
audiocoding freeware_advanced_audio_decoder_2	2.8.8	—

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