CVE-2008-4829

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-11-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in lib/http.c in Streamripper 1.63.5 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long "Zwitterion v" HTTP header, related to the http_parse_sc_header function; (2) a crafted pls playlist with a long entry, related to the http_get_pls function; or (3) a crafted m3u playlist with a long File entry, related to the http_get_m3u function.

Affected products

Streamripper: 1.63.5

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32562
http://secunia.com/advisories/33052
http://secunia.com/advisories/33061
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-50/
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4647
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1683
http://www.osvdb.org/49997
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498486/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32356
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3207
http://secunia.com/advisories/32562
http://secunia.com/advisories/33052

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