CVE-2008-1489

published 2008-03-25

CVE-2008-1489: Integer overflow in the MP4_ReadBox_rdrf function in libmp4.c for VLC 0.8.6e allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute…

Priority P3 41 medium 6.8 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC M Au N C P I P A P

EXPLOIT

Integer overflow in the MP4_ReadBox_rdrf function in libmp4.c for VLC 0.8.6e allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted MP4 RDRF box that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0984.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	vlc	< vlc 0.8.6.e-1.1 (bookworm)	vlc 0.8.6.e-1.1 (bookworm)
videolan	vlc	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 0.8.6.e-1.1	0.8.6.e-1.1
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 0.8.6.e-1.1	0.8.6.e-1.1
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 0.8.6.e-1.1	0.8.6.e-1.1
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 0.8.6.e-1.1	0.8.6.e-1.1

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv 9.3 CRITICAL

vendor_debian 9.3 MEDIUM

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