CVE-2008-1489

VLC 0.8.6e - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC

pythonlocalwindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5498

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References (12)

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/29503

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/29766

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/29800

[Exploit] http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/09572892df7e72c0d4e598c0b5e076cf330d8b0a

[Various Sources] http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0803.php

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41412

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14841

[Third Party Advisory] http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28433

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543

[Third Party Advisory] http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0985

Scores

EPSS 0.3321

EPSS Percentile 96.8%

Classification

CWE

CWE-189

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

videolan/vlc

Timeline

Published Mar 25, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026