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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 4 case.
- Products
- faac
- Affected versions
- 1.28+cvs20150510-1, 1.28+cvs20151130-1, 1.28-5, 1.28-6, 1.28-7, 1.29+git20170704-1, 1.29.2-1, 1.29.3+git20170724-1, 1.29.7.2-1, 1.29.7.4-1, 1.29.7.7-1, 1.29.9.2-1, 1.29.9.2-2
- Fixed versions
- 1.30-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-19887
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:48 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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 4 case.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19887
faac
Fixed versions: 1.30-1
faac
Fixed versions: 1.30-1
faac
Fixed versions: 1.30-1
Complete source record
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