VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-15296
The faad_resetbits function in libfaad/bits.c is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.32%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.32%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. The faad_resetbits function in libfaad/bits.c is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability. The number of bits to be read is determined by ld->buffer_size - words*4, cast to uint32. If ld->buffer_size - words*4 is negative, a buffer overflow is later performed via getdword_n(&ld->start[words], ld->bytes_left).
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.32% probability · 69th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- audiocoding/freeware advanced audio decoder 2 · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/knik0/faad2/commit/942c3e0aee748ea6fe97cb2c1aa5893225316174Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00033.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/28
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522
- https://github.com/knik0/faad2/commit/942c3e0aee748ea6fe97cb2c1aa5893225316174Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00033.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/28
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.