CVE-2019-15296
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.34%
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 is determined by ld->buffer_size - words*4, cast to uint32. If ld->buffer_size - words*4 is negative, a buffer overflow is later performed via getdword_n(&ld->start[words], ld->bytes_left).
How to fix CVE-2019-15296
To remediate CVE-2019-15296, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.9.0-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 2.8.8-3 or later
Is CVE-2019-15296 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.9.0-r0
- from 0, < 2.8.8-3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |