CVE-2018-20197

Published Dec 18, 2018

Last updated 4 years ago

Overview

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.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.8
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.8
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
8.6
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-787

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

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