CVE-2008-5824
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedHeap-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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceHeap-based buffer overflow in the MS-ADPCM audio codec decoder (msadpcm.c) in libaudiofile 0.2.6. The vulnerability occurs when processing crafted WAV files that contain malformed MS-ADPCM audio data, causing heap memory corruption that can lead to application crash or potentially arbitrary code execution.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 0.2.6CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if libaudiofile is installedRun 'dpkg -l libaudiofile*' on Debian/Ubuntu, 'rpm -qa | grep -i audiofile' on RHEL/CentOS, or check for the library file 'libaudiofile.so' in /usr/lib or /usr/local/libAffected if libaudiofile is found on the system
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Determine installed libaudiofile versionRun 'dpkg -l libaudiofile0' or 'rpm -q libaudiofile', or use 'ldd' on an application linked against audiofile, or check the library file version with 'strings libaudiofile.so | grep -i version'Affected if version 0.2.6 is reported
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Verify application uses libaudiofile for WAV processingCheck application dependencies with 'ldd /path/to/application | grep audiofile' or review application documentation to confirm it uses libaudiofile for audio decodingAffected if application links to libaudiofile and processes WAV files
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Confirm MS-ADPCM encoded WAV files can be processedInspect any WAV files processed by the application using 'file input.wav' and check if the audio format indicates MS-ADPCM (look for Microsoft ADPCM in format details)Affected if WAV files with MS-ADPCM encoding are processed by the application
User is affected if libaudiofile version 0.2.6 is installed and applications using libaudiofile process WAV files containing MS-ADPCM audio data.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade libaudiofile to the latest version which includes proper bounds checking in the MS-ADPCM decoder. Until then, validate all WAV files from untrusted sources before processing with applications using libaudiofile.
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