Buffer overflow in Videolan Vlc
CVE-2008-1768
Multiple integer overflows in VLC before 0.8.6f allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via the (1) MP4 demuxer, (2) Real demuxer, and (3) Cinepak codec, which triggers a buffer overflow.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.027 (85.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Videolan Vlc — versions 0.1.99, 0.1.99a, 0.1.99b
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.videolan.org/security/sa0803.php
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28903 (vdb-entry)
- www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWS
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml (vendor-advisory)
- wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14412 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/29800 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/29503 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0985 (vdb-entry)