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CVE-2019-6956 json

An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-16510

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. It is a buffer over-read in ps_mix_phase in libfaad/ps_dec.c.

Patch / fix

  • audiocoding freeware_advanced_audio_decoder_2 2.9.0
  • faad2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.8.8-3.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-6956

  • faad2 Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2.7-8+deb8u3build0.14.04.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6956

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • faad2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.11.2-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15214-1

  • faad2 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +15 more 2.9.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-6956

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • faad2 Arch Linux 2.9.0-1

arch linux advisories AVG-2660

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Exploit prediction

1.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/blob/master/faad/global-buffer-overflow%40ps_mix_phase.md referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

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