CVE-2019-15296
An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. The faad_resetbits function in libfaad/bits.c is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability. The number of bits to be read
02 Description
An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. The faad_resetbits function in libfaad/bits.c is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability. The number of bits to be read
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 70.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-08-21 06:07Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 00:42Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3f69e86a5c7f8dc99884011770806b8720a61898d1089b3c2f68ef80447fbe76
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/knik0/faad2/commit/942c3e0aee748ea6fe97cb2c1aa5893225316174
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190828 [SECURITY] [DLA 1899-1] faad2 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00033.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-4522https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522
- seclists.org20190916 [SECURITY] [DSA 4522-1] faad2 security updatehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/28
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202006-17https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- faad2 Fixed in 2.8.8-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- faad2 Fixed in 2.8.8-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- faad2 Fixed in 2.8.8-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- faad2 Fixed in 2.7-8+deb8u3build0.14.04.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- faad2 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- faad2 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.