CVE-2008-3794

VLC Media Player <0.8.6i - RCE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by g_ · textdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6293

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30806
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14531
Various Sources mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2008-August/048488.html
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6293
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44659
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020759
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4190
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/24/3
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-06.xml

Scores

EPSS 0.0920
EPSS Percentile 92.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-189
Status published
Products (1)
videolan/vlc_media_player 0.8.6i
Published Aug 26, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026