Name: CVE-2018-20361: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-12-22T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-20361, CWE-119, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.01207

An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in the hf_assembly function of libfaad/sbr_hfadj.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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade faad2	Aug 22, 2024	Dec 22, 2018
Debian	—	Upgrade faad2	Sep 16, 2019	Dec 22, 2018
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade media-libs/faad2.	Jun 16, 2020	Dec 22, 2018
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Dec 22, 2018

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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