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CVE-2018-20194

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-20194 describes a stack-based buffer underflow in the calculate_gain function of Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) version 2.8.8. This vulnerability, triggered by a crafted input, carries a high severity CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to denial of service or other unspecified impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.8.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:freeware_advanced_audio_decoder_2:2.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0132 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 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 / knik0/faad2/issues/21
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00022.html
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Sep/28
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202006-17
debian.org / security/2019/dsa-4522