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CVE-2008-4201

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4201 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the decodeMP4file function of FAAD2 versions 2.6.1 and earlier, impacting products like audiocoding faad2. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.3, can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity via a crafted MPEG-4 file, potentially leading to denial of service or arbitrary code execution. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common frameworks, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:faad2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:faad2:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:faad2:2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:faad2:2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:faad2:2.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0665 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
bugs.gentoo.org / attachment.cgi
Exploit
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
osvdb.org / 48349
secunia.com / advisories/32006
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32661
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200811-03.xml
audiocoding.com / archive.html
audiocoding.com / patch/main_overflow.diff
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/6
securityfocus.com / bid/31219
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2601
Vendor Advisory