Upstream information

CVE-2018-20194 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

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

This issue is currently rated as having moderate 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:3.0/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
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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 02:28:42 2018
CVE page last modified: Fri Jul 4 00:35:08 2025