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CVE-2019-6956

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-6956 is a buffer over-read vulnerability in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) version 2.8.8, specifically within the ps_mix_phase function in libfaad/ps_dec.c, affecting products like audiocoding and Debian Linux. It carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.1 (HIGH), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high confidentiality impact and high availability impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:freeware_advanced_audio_decoder_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0115 is in the 61st 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / TeamSeri0us/pocs/blob/master/faad/global-buffer-overflow%40ps_mix_phase.md
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00033.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00020.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202006-17
Third Party Advisory
sourceforge.net / p/faac/bugs/240
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2022/dsa-5109
Third Party Advisory