CVE-2019-6956

FAAD2 2.8.8 contains CVE-2019-6956: a buffer over-read in ps_mix_phase (libfaad/ps_dec.c). Public advisories (Debian, Gentoo GLSA) link this to potential denial of service and related impacts; Debian notes several FAAD2 CVEs in older releases. The issues are fixed in later FAAD2 releases (Gentoo ...

CVE-2019-15296

FAAD2 vulnerability CVE-2019-15296 affects Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.8. The faad_resetbits function in libfaad/bits.c can read a negative remaining buffer size (ld->buffer_size - words*4), leading to a buffer overflow via getdword_n, with the impact described as potential d...