High severity7.8OSV Advisory· Published Dec 18, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-20194
CVE-2018-20194
Description
There is a stack-based buffer underflow in the third instance of the calculate_gain function in libfaad/sbr_hfadj.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. A crafted input will lead to a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact because limiting the additional noise energy level is mishandled for the G_max <= G case.
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4- Range: 2_8_0, 2_8_1, 2_8_2, …
- cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:freeware_advanced_audio_decoder_2:2.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: =2.8.8
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