Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 24, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-4201
CVE-2008-4201
Description
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.
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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:faad2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:faad2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.6.1
- cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:faad2:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:faad2:2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:faad2:2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:faad2:2.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:faad2:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=2.6.1
Patches
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References
12- bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cginvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/32006nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32661nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2601nvdVendor Advisory
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
- osvdb.org/48349nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-03.xmlnvd
- www.audiocoding.com/archive.htmlnvd
- www.audiocoding.com/patch/main_overflow.diffnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/6nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31219nvd
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