ALPINE-CVE-2018-20196

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    ALPINE-CVE-2018-20196

    Published: 18 Dec 2018Last Modified: 19 Nov 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-20196

    Summary:

    Details: There is a stack-based buffer overflow 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 the S_M array is mishandled.

    References: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-20196

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: faad2

    Purl: pkg:apk/alpine/faad2?arch=source

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.9.0-r0

    Affected versions

    2.7-r0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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