5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-20359
FAAD2 Null Pointer Dereference
Description

An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in the sbrDecodeSingleFramePS function of libfaad/sbr_dec.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 22, 2018, 3:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:01 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-20359 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Audiocoding freeware_advanced_audio_decoder_2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-20359 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/28 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 27, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/knik0/faad2/issues/29 No Types Assigned https://github.com/knik0/faad2/issues/29 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:freeware_advanced_audio_decoder_2:2.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.13 }} 0.02%

score

0.48040

percentile

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