CVE-2011-5003
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 62.4%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Phonetic Indexer (AvidPhoneticIndexer.exe) in Avid Media Composer 5.5.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long request to TCP port 4659.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 62.4% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-4908)
- Published
- December 25, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-4908 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- avid / media composer
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47047(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18183
- http://www.osvdb.org/77376
- http://www.security-assessment.com/files/documents/advisory/Avid_Media_Composer-Phonetic_Indexer-Remote_Stack_Buffer_Overflow.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50843
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71514
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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