CVE-2008-4201

NameCVE-2008-4201
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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs499899

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
faad2 (PTS)bullseye2.10.0-1fixed
bookworm2.10.1-1fixed
forky, sid, trixie2.11.2-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
faad2source(unstable)2.6.1-3.1499899

Notes

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238445
http://www.audiocoding.com/
http://www.audiocoding.com/patch/main_overflow.diff
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