CVE-2018-20196

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    CVE-2018-20196

    Published: 18 Dec 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00033.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17, https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5109, https://github.com/knik0/faad2/issues/19

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 334e7647a5f31903aca33dde39bb8683e9d8cccd
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.8.8

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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