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.
Published 2011-12-25 01:55:03
Updated 2025-04-11 00:51:22
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: OverflowExecute code

Products affected by CVE-2011-5003

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-5003

74.71%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 99 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Metasploit modules for CVE-2011-5003

  • Avid Media Composer 5.5 - Avid Phonetic Indexer Buffer Overflow
    Disclosure Date: 2011-11-29
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    exploit/windows/misc/avidphoneticindexer
    This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in process AvidPhoneticIndexer.exe (port 4659), which comes as part of the Avid Media Composer 5.5 Editing Suite. This daemon sometimes starts on a different port; if you start it standalone it will run on port 4660.

CVSS scores for CVE-2011-5003

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
10.0
HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
10.0
10.0
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2011-5003

  • The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2011-5003

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