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CVE-2011-5003

79
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-5003 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Avid Phonetic Indexer (AvidPhoneticIndexer.exe) component of Avid Media Composer versions 5.5.3 and earlier. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with maximum privileges by sending a specially crafted, long request to TCP port 4659. With a CVSS score of 10.0 and readily available Metasploit exploit modules, this vulnerability presents a severe risk for affected systems, despite a lack of observed active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:avid:media_composer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
62.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Avid Media Composer 5.5 - Avid Phonetic Indexer Buffer Overflow · Nov 29, 2011
ExploitDB: EDB-18183 · Dec 1, 2011
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6281 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/47047
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/71514
exploit-db.com / exploits/18183
osvdb.org / 77376
security-assessment.com / files/documents/advisory/Avid_Media_Composer-Phonetic_Indexer-Remote_Stack_Buffer_Overflow.pdf
securityfocus.com / bid/50843