PT-2018-3074 · Freeware+1 · Faad2+1

Fantasy7082 · Published 2018-11-23 · Updated 2025-07-03 · CVE-2018-20359

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) version 2.8.8

Description The issue is related to an invalid memory address dereference in the sbrDecodeSingleFramePS function, which can cause a segmentation fault and application crash, leading to denial of service. This is due to a buffer overflow error, allowing an attacker to potentially cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) version 2.8.8, consider disabling the sbrDecodeSingleFramePS function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the sbr dec.c module to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2021-1316

ALT-PU-2021-1341

ALT-PU-2023-1579

BDU:2019-03605

CVE-2018-20359

DSA-4522-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15214-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Faad2

References · 25

• 🔥 https://github.com/knik0/faad2/issues/29 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2018-20359 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20359 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20359 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20359 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=57444186 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20359 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2025:15214-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20359 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4522-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-03605 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-20359 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20359 · Security Note