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medium 5.5

CVE-2018-20359 json

An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in the sbrDecodeSingleFramePS function of libfaad/sbr_dec.c in Freeware Advanced Audio…

published 2018-12-22 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-12917

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in the sbrDecodeSingleFramePS function of libfaad/sbr_dec.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.

Patch / fix

  • faad2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.8.8-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20359

  • 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-2018-20359

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Exploit prediction

1.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/knik0/faad2/issues/29 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

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

References

Sources

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