CVE-2008-3794

published 2008-08-26

CVE-2008-3794: Integer signedness error in the mms_ReceiveCommand function in modules/access/mms/mmstu.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6i allows remote attackers to execute…

Priority P3 46 medium 6.8 CVSS 2.0

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

EXPLOIT

Integer signedness error in the mms_ReceiveCommand function in modules/access/mms/mmstu.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6i allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted mmst link with a negative size value, which bypasses a size check and triggers an integer overflow followed by a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	vlc	< vlc 0.8.6.h-4 (bookworm)	vlc 0.8.6.h-4 (bookworm)
videolan	vlc_media_player	—	—
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 0.8.6.h-4	0.8.6.h-4
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 0.8.6.h-4	0.8.6.h-4
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 0.8.6.h-4	0.8.6.h-4
videolan	vlc_media_player	>= 0 < 0.8.6.h-4	0.8.6.h-4

CVSS provenance

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

osv 6.8 MEDIUM

vendor_debian 6.8 MEDIUM

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