7.8

CVE-2018-19504: audiocoding freeware_advanced_audio_decoder_2 Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 7.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2018-19504UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19504DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19504
Published 23-11-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-19504 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in audiocoding freeware_advanced_audio_decoder_2. EPSS estimates a 1.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.38%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2github, reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-4522-1

Timeline

  1. 23-11-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.1. There is a NULL pointer dereference in ifilter_bank() in libfaad/filtbank.c.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

72%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.38% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.38%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • githubUnverified

    Pocs

    Maturity: poc

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (sourceforge.net)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Alpine1 product
  • faad2< 2.9.0-r0
Audiocoding1 product
Debian1 product
  • faad2< 2.8.8-2
Ubuntu1 product
  • faad2All versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

9 links