Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Nt
CVE-2008-2430
Integer overflow in the Open function in modules/demux/wav.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6h on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large fmt chunk in a WAV file.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.059 (93.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.059 · newest: 0.059 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows Nt
- Videolan Vlc Media Player — versions 0.8.6h
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/31317 (third-party-advisory)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3976 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-13.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWS
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14344 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1995/references (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14769 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493849/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-29/advisory/ (Vendor Advisory)