Is CVE-2018-19503 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-19503 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-19503?

CVE-2018-19503 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-19503?

CVE-2018-19503 has an EPSS score of 1.45% (70th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-19503?

Upgrade faad2 on debian 11 to 2.8.8-2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-19503

HIGHEPSS 70th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.8.1. There was a stack-based buffer overflow in the function calculate_gain() in libfaad/sbr_hfadj.c.

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

faad2Debian

Fixed in:2.8.8-2CVE-2018-19503

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.45%probability of exploitation in 30 days

70thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 70% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit2

Other references3

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2025-22457	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2025-0282	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2015-3113	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-20038	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2023-4863	High	8.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-16040	Medium	6.5	100%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.