VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-15296

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.32%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-08-21
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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).

Weakness classification

  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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