CVE catalog
CVE-2018-20362
faad2: CVE-2018-20362
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.17% · Oct 25, 2026
A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in ifilter_bank of libfaad/filtbank.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash because adding to windowed output is mishandled in the EIGHT_SHORT_SEQUENCE case.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | faad2 | sid | 2.11.4-1 | fixed |
| Debian | faad2 | forky | 2.11.4-1 | fixed |
| Debian | faad2 | trixie | 2.11.2-1 | fixed |
| Debian | faad2 | bookworm | 2.10.1-1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | faad2 | pro | 2.8.1-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | faad2 | pro | 2.8.5-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | faad2 | pro | 2.8.6-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | faad2 | pro | 2.8.8-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | faad2 | pro | 2.8.8-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | vulnerable |
| Alpine | faad2 | 3.10 | 2.9.0-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | faad2 | 3.11 | 2.9.0-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | faad2 | 3.7 | 2.9.0-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | faad2 | 3.8 | 2.9.0-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | faad2 | 3.9 | 2.9.0-r0 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | faad2 | source | sid | 2.8.8-2 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | faad2 | source | forky | 2.8.8-2 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | faad2 | source | trixie | 2.8.8-2 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | faad2 | source | bookworm | 2.8.8-2 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
| Alpine | faad2 | apk | 3.10 | 2.9.0-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-20362 | Not reported |
| Alpine | faad2 | apk | 3.11 | 2.9.0-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-20362 | Not reported |
| Alpine | faad2 | apk | 3.7 | 2.9.0-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-20362 | Not reported |
| Alpine | faad2 | apk | 3.8 | 2.9.0-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-20362 | Not reported |
| Alpine | faad2 | apk | 3.9 | 2.9.0-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-20362 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [faad]Unknown
Source package: [faad2]
Details (2)
2.10.1-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.8.8-2dsa · faad2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · faad2 · debian · 12
2.10.1-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.8.8-2dsa · faad2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · faad2 · debian · 12
- [libfaad2]Unknown
Source package: [faad2]
Details (2)
2.10.1-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.8.8-2dsa · faad2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · faad2 · debian · 12
2.10.1-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.8.8-2dsa · faad2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · faad2 · debian · 12
- [libfaad-dev]Unknown
Source package: [faad2]
Details (2)
2.10.1-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.8.8-2dsa · faad2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · faad2 · debian · 12
2.10.1-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.8.8-2dsa · faad2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · faad2 · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [faad]Unknown
Source package: [faad2]
Details (2)
2.11.2-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.8.8-2dsa · faad2 · debian · 13
2.11.2-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.8.8-2dsa · faad2 · debian · 13
- [libfaad2]Unknown
Source package: [faad2]
Details (2)
2.11.2-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.8.8-2dsa · faad2 · debian · 13
2.11.2-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.8.8-2dsa · faad2 · debian · 13
- [libfaad-dev]Unknown
Source package: [faad2]
Details (2)
2.11.2-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.8.8-2dsa · faad2 · debian · 13
2.11.2-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.8.8-2dsa · faad2 · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2025_15214-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2018-20362]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20362]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20362]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20362]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]