UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19886

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19886
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19886.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19886
Upstream
Published
2018-12-06T00:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:44:49Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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 8 case.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / faac

Package

Name
faac
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/faac@1.28+cvs20151130-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.28+cvs20150510-1
1.28+cvs20151130-1

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / faac

Package

Name
faac
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/faac@1.29.7.7-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.29.3+git20170724-1
1.29.7.7-1