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CVE-2008-4201

Heap-based buffer overflow in the decodeMP4file function (frontend/main.c) in FAAD2 2.6.1 and earlier allows remote atta

Heap-based buffer overflow in the decodeMP4file function (frontend/main.c) in FAAD2 2.6.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted MPEG-4 (MP4) file.

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 0.0655
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  • EPSS percentile: top 9% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
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Affected Products & Versions

2
audiocoding faad2<= 2.6.1
audiocoding faad2all versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocbugs.gentoo.org · attachment.cgi?id=166174&action=viewbugs.gentoo.org
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Scoring & Timeline

9.3
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD24 Sep 2008 · 11:42 AM
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References & Sources

11
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=499899
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238445
http://osvdb.org/48349
http://secunia.com/advisories/32006Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32661Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-03.xml
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