CVE-2008-5824 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Heap-based buffer overflow in msadpcm.c in libaudiofile in audiofile 0.2.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted WAV file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.11128.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
68k	Audiofile

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:68k:audiofile:0.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1972-1	New audiofile packages fix buffer overflow
Debian DSA	DSA-1972-2	New audiofile packages fix buffer overflow
Ubuntu USN	USN-912-1	Audio File Library vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510205
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
http://musicpd.org/mantis/view.php?id=1915
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/30/1
http://secunia.com/advisories/33273
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33066
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-912-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0005
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5824
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5824

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.12116}`	epss `{'score': 0.11613}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-01-02T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:04:44.793Z

Reserved: 2009-01-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-5824

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-01-02T19:30:01.780

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-5824

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2008-12-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-5824 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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