CVE-2008-4201

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-4201
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-09-24 11:42:25 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Audiocoding Faad2 1.1 All All All
Application Audiocoding Faad2 2.0 rc1 All All
Application Audiocoding Faad2 2.0 rc2 All All
Application Audiocoding Faad2 2.0 rc3 All All
Application Audiocoding Faad2 2.5 All All All
Application Audiocoding Faad2 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo update for faad2 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
FAAD2 Frontend 'decodeMP4file()' Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
AudioCoding.com - Archive af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.audiocoding.com
oss-security - Re: CVE id request: fraud2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
#499899 - fraad2: heap overflow - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- FAAD2: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Exploit
osvdb.org/48349 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
www.audiocoding.com/patch/main_overflow.diff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.audiocoding.com
Faad2 "decodeMP4file()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Bug 238445 - media-libs/faad2 < 2.6.1-r2: heap overflow in the frontend (CVE-2008-4201) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
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