Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-19502 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Audiocoding Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 2.8.1
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.1. There was a heap-based buffer overflow in the function excluded_channels() in libfaad/syntax.c.
Vulnerable Configurations
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Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-4522.NASL description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in faad2, the Freeware Advanced Audio Coder. These vulnerabilities might allow remote attackers to cause denial-of-service, or potentially execute arbitrary code if crafted MPEG AAC files are processed. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 128782 published 2019-09-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/128782 title Debian DSA-4522-1 : faad2 - security update code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4522. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(128782); script_version("1.2"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/12/27"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-19502", "CVE-2018-19503", "CVE-2018-19504", "CVE-2018-20194", "CVE-2018-20195", "CVE-2018-20197", "CVE-2018-20198", "CVE-2018-20357", "CVE-2018-20358", "CVE-2018-20359", "CVE-2018-20361", "CVE-2018-20362", "CVE-2019-15296"); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4522"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4522-1 : faad2 - security update"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in faad2, the Freeware Advanced Audio Coder. These vulnerabilities might allow remote attackers to cause denial-of-service, or potentially execute arbitrary code if crafted MPEG AAC files are processed." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=914641" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/faad2" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/faad2" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the faad2 packages. For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.8.0~cvs20161113-1+deb9u2." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:faad2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/11/23"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/09/15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/09/16"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"faad", reference:"2.8.0~cvs20161113-1+deb9u2")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"faad2-dbg", reference:"2.8.0~cvs20161113-1+deb9u2")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libfaad-dev", reference:"2.8.0~cvs20161113-1+deb9u2")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libfaad2", reference:"2.8.0~cvs20161113-1+deb9u2")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-1899.NASL description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in faad2, the Freeware Advanced Audio Coder : CVE-2018-19502 Heap buffer overflow in the function excluded_channels (libfaad/syntax.c). This vulnerability might allow remote attackers to cause denial of service via crafted MPEG AAC data. CVE-2018-20196 Stack buffer overflow in the function calculate_gain (libfaad/br_hfadj.c). This vulnerability might allow remote attackers to cause denial of service or any unspecified impact via crafted MPEG AAC data. CVE-2018-20199 CVE-2018-20360 NULL pointer dereference in the function ifilter_bank (libfaad/filtbank.c). This vulnerability might allow remote attackers to cause denial of service via crafted MPEG AAC data. CVE-2019-6956 Global buffer overflow in the function ps_mix_phase (libfaad/ps_dec.c). This vulnerability might allow remote attackers to cause denial of service or any other unspecified impact via crafted MPEG AAC data. CVE-2019-15296 Buffer overflow in the function faad_resetbits (libfaad/bits.c). This vulnerability might allow remote attackers to cause denial of service via crafted MPEG AAC data. For Debian 8 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 128305 published 2019-08-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/128305 title Debian DLA-1899-1 : faad2 security update code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-1899-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(128305); script_version("1.2"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/12/31"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-19502", "CVE-2018-20196", "CVE-2018-20199", "CVE-2018-20360", "CVE-2019-15296", "CVE-2019-6956"); script_name(english:"Debian DLA-1899-1 : faad2 security update"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated packages."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in faad2, the Freeware Advanced Audio Coder : CVE-2018-19502 Heap buffer overflow in the function excluded_channels (libfaad/syntax.c). This vulnerability might allow remote attackers to cause denial of service via crafted MPEG AAC data. CVE-2018-20196 Stack buffer overflow in the function calculate_gain (libfaad/br_hfadj.c). This vulnerability might allow remote attackers to cause denial of service or any unspecified impact via crafted MPEG AAC data. CVE-2018-20199 CVE-2018-20360 NULL pointer dereference in the function ifilter_bank (libfaad/filtbank.c). This vulnerability might allow remote attackers to cause denial of service via crafted MPEG AAC data. CVE-2019-6956 Global buffer overflow in the function ps_mix_phase (libfaad/ps_dec.c). This vulnerability might allow remote attackers to cause denial of service or any other unspecified impact via crafted MPEG AAC data. CVE-2019-15296 Buffer overflow in the function faad_resetbits (libfaad/bits.c). This vulnerability might allow remote attackers to cause denial of service via crafted MPEG AAC data. For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 2.7-8+deb8u3. We recommend that you upgrade your faad2 packages. NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00033.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/faad2" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade the affected packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:faad"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:faad2-dbg"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libfaad-dev"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libfaad2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/11/23"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/08/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/08/29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"faad", reference:"2.7-8+deb8u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"faad2-dbg", reference:"2.7-8+deb8u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libfaad-dev", reference:"2.7-8+deb8u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libfaad2", reference:"2.7-8+deb8u3")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
References
- https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/faad
- https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/faad
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00033.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00033.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/28
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/28
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17
- https://sourceforge.net/p/faac/bugs/240/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/faac/bugs/240/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4522