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CVE-2018-19886

MEDIUMCVSS 5.5/10EPSS 1.00%

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CVE-2018-19886 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in the huffcode function (libfaac/huff2.c) in Freeware Advanced Audio Coder (FAAC) 1.29.9.2. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service in the book 8 case.. EPSS estimates a 1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in the huffcode function (libfaac/huff2.c) in Freeware Advanced Audio Coder (FAAC) 1.29.9.2. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service in the book 8 case.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
5.5/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Probability
1.00%

58.2th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

VendorProductVersions
AudiocodingFreeware Advanced Audio Coder1.29.9.2

References

Timeline

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Last Modified
Status
Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2018-19886?
An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in the huffcode function (libfaac/huff2.c) in Freeware Advanced Audio Coder (FAAC) 1.29.9.2. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service in the book 8 case.
How severe is CVE-2018-19886?
CVE-2018-19886 has a CVSS score of 5.5/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 1.00% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2018-19886?
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Source: NVD / NIST