CVE-2018-19888

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FAAC version 1.29.9.2

Description A memory address dereference issue was found in the huffcode function, located in libfaac/huff2.c, which can cause a segmentation fault and application crash. This leads to a denial of service, specifically in the HCB ESC case.

Recommendations For FAAC version 1.29.9.2, consider applying a patch or fix to resolve the issue in the huffcode function. As a temporary workaround, restrict the use of the huffcode function to minimize the risk of exploitation.