CVE-2018-20362
Published: 22 December 2018
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.
From the Ubuntu security team
It was discovered that Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 incorrectly handled implicit channel mapping reconfiguration when processing crafted AAC files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 5.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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faad2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Needed
|
| cosmic |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| disco |
Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
|
|
| eoan |
Not vulnerable
(2.8.8-3ubuntu3)
|
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
(2.8.8-3ubuntu3)
|
|
| groovy |
Not vulnerable
(2.8.8-3ubuntu3)
|
|
| hirsute |
Not vulnerable
(2.8.8-3ubuntu3)
|
|
| impish |
Not vulnerable
(2.8.8-3ubuntu3)
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
(2.8.8-3ubuntu3)
|
|
| precise |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was needs-triage)
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Ignored
(end of standard support, was needed)
|