CVE-2008-4201

Exp

Heap-based buffer overflow in the decodeMP4file function (frontend/main.c) in FAAD2 2.6.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted MPEG-4 (MP4) file.

Published: 2008-09-24 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-4201 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.65%, 93th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-4201

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4201

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 2026-06-15 6.55% 6.65% +0.10%
2 2025-11-14 8.46% 6.55% -1.91%
3 2025-03-30 — 8.46% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4201

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-2008-4201

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-4201

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2008-4201 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (faad2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4201
gentoo normal CVE-2008-4201: 1 GLSA(s) (200811-03), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/faad2); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-4201
ubuntu low CVE-2008-4201 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (faad2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, upstream): released 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4201

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4201

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
audiocoding faad2 <= 2.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:faad2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
audiocoding faad2 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:faad2:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
audiocoding faad2 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:faad2:2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
audiocoding faad2 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:faad2:2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
audiocoding faad2 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:faad2:2.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
audiocoding faad2 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:audiocoding:faad2:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4201

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