CVE-2008-0984
The MP4 demuxer (mp4.c) for VLC media player 0.8.6d and earlier, as used in Miro Player 1.1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory and execute arbitrary code via a
02 Description
The MP4 demuxer (mp4.c) for VLC media player 0.8.6d and earlier, as used in Miro Player 1.1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory and execute arbitrary code via a
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 15.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-02-26 19:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-02-26
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3865b320827dd61ca960273b584aaa064984cf9b5fe5d8073ff566a7a2ffc742
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com29122http://secunia.com/advisories/29122
- secunia.com29284http://secunia.com/advisories/29284
- www.debian.orgDSA-1543http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543
- secunia.com29153http://secunia.com/advisories/29153
- www.videolan.orghttp://www.videolan.org/security/sa0802.html
- www.securityfocus.com28007http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28007
- www.securitytracker.com1019510http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019510
- lists.grok.org.uk20080227 CORE-2008-0130: VLC media player chunk context validation errorhttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060481.html
- www.securityfocus.com20080227 CORE-2008-0130: VLC media player chunk context validation errorhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488841/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com29766http://secunia.com/advisories/29766
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0682http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0682
- www.coresecurity.comhttp://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2147
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200803-13http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- vlc Fixed in 0.8.6.e-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- vlc Fixed in 0.8.6.e-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- vlc Fixed in 0.8.6.e-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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