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CVE-2008-5824

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5824 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the msadpcm.c component of libaudiofile in audiofile version 0.2.6, affecting 68k audiofile products. This vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 6.8, allows unauthenticated attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to open a specially crafted WAV file. While not actively exploited in the wild (no KEV entry), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:68k:audiofile:0.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-32691 · Dec 30, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0602 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: audiofile
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: audiofile
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: audiofile

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-5824Low

audiofile: heap-based overflow in Microsoft ADPCM compression module (app crash, arb. code execution)

Dec 30, 2008

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
musicpd.org / mantis/view.php
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/12/30/1
secunia.com / advisories/33273
securityfocus.com / bid/33066
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-912-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0005