| Name | CVE-2018-19890 |
| 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 book 2 case. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 915763 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| faac (PTS) | jessie/non-free | 1.28-6 | vulnerable |
| stretch/non-free | 1.28+cvs20151130-1 | vulnerable |
| buster/non-free | 1.29.9.2-2 | vulnerable |
| trixie/non-free, sid/non-free, bookworm/non-free, bullseye/non-free | 1.30-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| faac | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| faac | source | (unstable) | 1.30-1 | unimportant | | 915763 |
Notes
https://github.com/knik0/faac/issues/20
Negligable security impact, crash in CLI tool (builds a lib, but only internal)