SB2019013013 - Denial of service in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder
Published: January 30, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019013013
Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6956)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition.
The vulnerability exists due to a buffer over-read condition in the ps_mix_phase function, as defined in the libfaad/ps_dec.c source code file. A local attacker can submit a malicious input to the targeted system, trigger a buffer over-read condition and cause the affected application to crash.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.