Vulnerability in Videolan Vlc Media Player
CVE-2008-4558
Array index error in VLC media player 0.9.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory and execute arbitrary code via an XSPF playlist file with a negative identifier tag, which passes a signed comparison.
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: 0.085 (94.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.085 · newest: 0.085 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Videolan Vlc Media Player — versions 0.9.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31758 (vdb-entry)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6756 (exploit)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14726 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.coresecurity.com/content/vlc-xspf-memory-corruption (Exploit)
- secunia.com/advisories/32267 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2826 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45869 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497354/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)