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high 7.8

CVE-2019-15296 json

An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8.

published 2019-08-21 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-6303

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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).

Patch / fix

  • faad2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.8.8-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-15296

  • faad2 Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2.7-8+deb8u3build0.14.04.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15296

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • faad2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.11.2-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15214-1

  • faad2 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +15 more 2.9.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-15296

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Exploit prediction

1.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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