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medium 6.8

CVE-2008-5824 json

Heap-based buffer overflow in msadpcm.c in libaudiofile in audiofile 0.2.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service…

published 2009-01-02 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5794

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.0%
EPSS 6.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • audiofile Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.2.6-7.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5824

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-5824 updated cvss 3.7

audiofile: heap-based overflow in Microsoft ADPCM compression module (app crash, arb. code execution)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 audiofile Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 audiofile Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 audiofile
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-32691)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-32691 Audio File Library 0.2.6 - libaudiofile 'msadpcm.c .WAV' File Processing Buffer Overflow remote, 2008-12-30

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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