PT-2008-5499 · None · Faad2

Steffen Joeris · Published 2008-09-24 · Updated 2011-01-03 · CVE-2008-4201

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: FAAD2 versions 2.6.1 and earlier

Description: The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the decodeMP4file function, located in frontend/main.c. This can be triggered by remote attackers using a crafted MPEG-4 (MP4) file, potentially leading to a denial of service (crash) and possibly allowing the execution of arbitrary code.

Recommendations: For FAAD2 versions 2.6.1 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4201

Affected Products

Faad2

References · 16

• 🔥 http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=166174&action=view · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4201 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32661 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32006 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4201 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2601 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-03.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4201 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4201 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/6 · Note
• http://audiocoding.com/patch/main_overflow.diff · Note
• http://osvdb.org/48349 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=499899 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31219 · Note
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238445 · Note