CVE-2018-20362
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.012 · 67 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in ifilter_bank of libfaad/filtbank.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash because adding to windowed output is mishandled in the EIGHT_SHORT_SEQUENCE case.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (8)
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- audiocoding freeware advanced audio decoder 2= 2.8.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:freeware_advanced_audio_decoder_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (19)
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- https://github.com/knik0/faad2/issues/26cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00022.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154489/Debian-Security-Advisory-4522-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158089/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-202006-17.htmlcnnvd
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/28cnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2019.1796/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2019.3509/cnnvd
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