Description
An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.1. There was a heap-based buffer overflow in the function excluded_channels() in libfaad/syntax.c.
Metrics
CVSS 3.0 7.8/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/faadExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00033.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/28
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17
- https://sourceforge.net/p/faac/bugs/240/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522
- https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/faadExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00033.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/28
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17
- https://sourceforge.net/p/faac/bugs/240/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 23, 2018
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified