CVE-2019-6956

Debian Security Advisory 5109-1

Severity Score

7.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. It is a buffer over-read in ps_mix_phase in libfaad/ps_dec.c.

Se ha descubierto un problema en la versión 2.8.8 de Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2). Se trata de una sobrelectura de búfer en ps_mix_phase en libfaad/ps_dec.c.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the freeware Advanced Audio Decoder, which may result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code if malformed media files are processed.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-01-25 CVE Reserved
2019-01-25 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-08-04 First Exploit
2025-04-28 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00033.html	Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00020.html	Mailing List
https://sourceforge.net/p/faac/bugs/240	Issue Tracking

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/blob/master/faad/global-buffer-overflow%40ps_mix_phase.md	2024-08-04

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-17	2022-04-22
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5109	2022-04-22

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Audiocoding Search vendor "Audiocoding"		Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 Search vendor "Audiocoding" for product "Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2"				< 2.9.0 Search vendor "Audiocoding" for product "Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2" and version " < 2.9.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0"		-		Affected