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CVE-2008-5030

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5030 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow in the cddb_read_disc_data function within libcdaudio 0.99.12p2. This flaw allows remote CDDB servers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems by sending excessively long CDDB data. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical nature, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.99.12p2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libcaudio:libcaudio:0.99.12p2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0493 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-5030Important

libcdaudio: buffer overflow in cddb reply parsing

Nov 5, 2008

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.html
secunia.com / advisories/32678
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34353
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200903-31.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/46392
sourceforge.net / tracker/index.php
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1665
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/11/07/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/11/11/4
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/11/11/6
securityfocus.com / bid/32122
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3132
Vendor Advisory