CVE-2008-4201

Publication date 24 September 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
faad2	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 2.6.1-2ubuntu0.1
	7.10 gutsy	Fixed 2.0.0+cvs20040908+mp4v2+bmp-0ubuntu5.1
	7.04 feisty	Fixed 2.0.0+cvs20040908+mp4v2+bmp-0ubuntu3.7.04.1
	6.06 LTS dapper	Fixed 2.0.0+cvs20040908+mp4v2+bmp-0ubuntu3.6.06.1

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Patch details

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
faad2	Upstream: http://www.audiocoding.com/patch/main_overflow.diff

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4201