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CVE-2018-19503

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-19503 is a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the calculate_gain() function of Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) version 2.8.1. This high-severity flaw, rated 7.8 CVSS, can be triggered locally with low complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if a user is tricked into opening a malicious file. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:freeware_advanced_audio_decoder_2:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0145 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 11,615 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/faad
ExploitThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Sep/28
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202006-17
sourceforge.net / p/faac/bugs/240
ExploitThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2019/dsa-4522