FKIE_CVE-2008-4201

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-09-24 11:42 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:57
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=499899
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=166174&action=viewExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238445
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/48349
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32006Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32661Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-03.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.audiocoding.com/archive.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.audiocoding.com/patch/main_overflow.diff
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/6
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31219
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2601Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=499899
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=166174&action=viewExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238445
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/48349
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32006Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32661Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-03.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.audiocoding.com/archive.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.audiocoding.com/patch/main_overflow.diff
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/6
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31219
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2601Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
audiocoding faad2 *
audiocoding faad2 1.1
audiocoding faad2 2.0
audiocoding faad2 2.0
audiocoding faad2 2.0
audiocoding faad2 2.5
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:57:22.343",
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