CVE-2008-5030

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-11-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the cddb_read_disc_data function in cddb.c in libcdaudio 0.99.12p2 allows remote CDDB servers to execute arbitrary code via long CDDB data.

Affected products

Libcaudio: 0.99.12p2

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32678
http://secunia.com/advisories/34353
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-31.xml
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1288043&group_id=27134&atid=389442
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1665
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:233
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/05/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/07/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/11/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/11/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32122

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