CVE-2018-20358

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) version 2.8.8

Description The issue is related to an invalid memory address dereference in the lt prediction function, which can cause a segmentation fault and application crash, leading to denial of service. This is due to a buffer overflow error, allowing an attacker to potentially cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) version 2.8.8, consider disabling the lt prediction function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the affected lt predict.c module to minimize the risk of exploitation.