CVE-2008-2430

published 2008-07-07

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…

Priority P3 45 critical 9.3 CVSS 2.0

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

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.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	vlc	< vlc 0.8.6.h-1 (bookworm)	vlc 0.8.6.h-1 (bookworm)
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 0.8.6.h-1	0.8.6.h-1
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 0.8.6.h-1	0.8.6.h-1
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 0.8.6.h-1	0.8.6.h-1
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 0.8.6.h-1	0.8.6.h-1

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 9.3 CRITICAL AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

osv 9.3 CRITICAL

vendor_debian 9.3 MEDIUM

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