A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in ifilter_bank of libfaad/filtbank.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8
Published Dec 18, 2018
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.21%
Description
A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in ifilter_bank of libfaad/filtbank.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 because adding to windowed output is mishandled in the LONG_START_SEQUENCE case.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.8.8
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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.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.21% (0.01207) | 67.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.21% (0.01207) | 64.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.35% (0.00349) | 55.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.20% (0.00200) | 58.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 11, 2023 | 0.20% (0.00200) | 57.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.17% (0.00168) | 51.74th | 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 | 1.55% (0.01550) | 33.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.55% (0.01550) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (5)
- https://github.com/knik0/faad2/issues/23 x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00022.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/28 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/knik0/faad2/issues/23 | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00022.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/28 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
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