Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-20198 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Audiocoding Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 2.8.8
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in ifilter_bank of libfaad/filtbank.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service because adding to windowed output is mishandled in the LONG_START_SEQUENCE case.
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-1791.NASL description Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in faad2, the Freeware Advanced Audio Coder : CVE-2018-20194 CVE-2018-20197 Improper handling of implicit channel mapping reconfiguration leads to multiple heap based buffer overflow issues. These flaws might be leveraged by remote attackers to cause DoS. CVE-2018-20198 CVE-2018-20362 Insufficient user input validation in the sbr_hfadj module leads to stack-based buffer underflow issues. These flaws might be leveraged by remote attackers to cause DoS or any other unspecified impact. For Debian 8 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 125267 published 2019-05-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/125267 title Debian DLA-1791-1 : 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-1791-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(125267); script_version("1.2"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/15"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-20194", "CVE-2018-20197", "CVE-2018-20198", "CVE-2018-20362"); script_name(english:"Debian DLA-1791-1 : 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 found in faad2, the Freeware Advanced Audio Coder : CVE-2018-20194 CVE-2018-20197 Improper handling of implicit channel mapping reconfiguration leads to multiple heap based buffer overflow issues. These flaws might be leveraged by remote attackers to cause DoS. CVE-2018-20198 CVE-2018-20362 Insufficient user input validation in the sbr_hfadj module leads to stack-based buffer underflow issues. These flaws might be leveraged by remote attackers to cause DoS or any other unspecified impact. For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 2.7-8+deb8u2. 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/2019/05/msg00022.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:"2018/12/18"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/05/19"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/05/20"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 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+deb8u2")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"faad2-dbg", reference:"2.7-8+deb8u2")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libfaad-dev", reference:"2.7-8+deb8u2")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libfaad2", reference:"2.7-8+deb8u2")) 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");