CVE-2018-19888
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.17%
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 HCB_ESC case.
How to fix CVE-2018-19888
To remediate CVE-2018-19888, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/faac—upgrade to 1.30-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-19888 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.30-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |