UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20198

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20198

    Published: 18 Dec 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
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    Summary:

    Details: 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, which leads to denial of service because adding to windowed output is mishandled in the LONG_START_SEQUENCE case.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: faad2

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+deb8u3build0.14.04.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.7-8+deb8u3build0.14.04.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    2.7-8

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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