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CVE-2018-19502
An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.1. There was a heap-based buffer overflow in the function…
High7.8EPSS 1.7%
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- mitre
Description
An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.1. There was a heap-based buffer overflow in the function excluded_channels() in libfaad/syntax.c.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (6)
- https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/faad (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://sourceforge.net/p/faac/bugs/240/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190828 [SECURITY] [DLA 1899-1] faad2 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-4522 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20190916 [SECURITY] [DSA 4522-1] faad2 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- GLSA-202006-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
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