Upstream information

CVE-2018-20196 at MITRE

Description

There is a stack-based buffer overflow 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 the S_M array is mishandled.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.8
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
No SUSE Bugzilla entries cross referenced.

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • faad2 >= 2.11.2-2.1
  • faad2-devel >= 2.11.2-2.1
  • libfaad2 >= 2.11.2-2.1
  • libfaad2-32bit >= 2.11.2-2.1
  • libfaad_drm2 >= 2.11.2-2.1
  • libfaad_drm2-32bit >= 2.11.2-2.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2025-15214

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Dec 20 02:28:54 2018
CVE page last modified: Fri Jul 4 00:35:09 2025