HIGH
An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.1
Published Nov 23, 2018
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.38%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.8.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
7.8 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.38% 0.01383
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01383
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.38% (0.01383) | 71.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.38% (0.01383) | 70.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.39% (0.00386) | 73.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.39% (0.00386) | 72.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 17, 2023 | 0.39% (0.00386) | 70.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.32% (0.00324) | 66.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.25% (0.01247) | 30.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.25% (0.01247) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (2)
References (5)
- https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/faad x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/28 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://sourceforge.net/p/faac/bugs/240/ x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/faad | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/28 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://sourceforge.net/p/faac/bugs/240/ | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 23, 2018
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Nov 23, 2018
Link CVE-2018-19504
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a