CVE-2007-4619

Multiple integer overflows in Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) libFLAC before 1.2.1, as used in Winamp before 5.5 and other products, allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed FLAC file that triggers improper memory allocation, resulting in a heap-based buffer overflow.

Published: 2007-10-12 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-4619 is rated High Risk (69.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.15%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-4619

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-31 7.85% 8.15% +0.29%
2 2025-12-02 8.86% 7.85% -1.01%
3 2025-12-01 8.86%

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-4619

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-4619

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-4619

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2007-4619 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (flac), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4619
gentoo normal CVE-2007-4619: 1 GLSA(s) (200711-15), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/flac); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-4619
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4619
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-4619 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (flac, xine-lib), 10 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): released 5, not-affected 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-4619

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-4619

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
flac libflac <= 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:flac:libflac:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nullsoft winamp <= 5.35 cpe:2.3:a:nullsoft:winamp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-4619

URL Tags
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=331991
http://flac.sourceforge.net/changelog.html#flac_1_2_1 Patch
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=608
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00008.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/27210
http://secunia.com/advisories/27223
http://secunia.com/advisories/27355
http://secunia.com/advisories/27399
http://secunia.com/advisories/27507
http://secunia.com/advisories/27601
http://secunia.com/advisories/27625
http://secunia.com/advisories/27628
http://secunia.com/advisories/27780
http://secunia.com/advisories/27878
http://secunia.com/advisories/28548
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-15.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018815
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0243
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1469
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:214
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0975.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26042 Patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-540-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3483
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3484
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4061
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=332571
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37187
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1873
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10571
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00035.html
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