CVE-2008-4829
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 6.5% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4808)
- Published
- November 25, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4808 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- streamripper / streamripper
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32562(Vendor Advisory)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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