| Name | CVE-2008-4201 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 499899 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| faad2 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.7-8+deb8u4 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 2.8.0~cvs20161113-1+deb9u3 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.10.0-1~deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.10.0-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.10.1-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.11.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| faad2 | source | (unstable) | 2.6.1-3.1 | | | 499899 |
Notes
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238445
http://www.audiocoding.com/
http://www.audiocoding.com/patch/main_overflow.diff