CVE-2008-1769
VLC before 0.8.6f allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Cinepak file that triggers an out-of-bounds array access and memory corruption.
02 Description
VLC before 0.8.6f allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Cinepak file that triggers an out-of-bounds array access and memory corruption.
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
- 7.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.2% 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
- 2008-04-24 18:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-04-12
- 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
- 6fa4b6267f3c449bb7339c3bafa1ee779bd849c6fbad933af38ae24509b1dc60
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.videolan.orghttp://www.videolan.org/security/sa0803.php
- git.videolan.orghttp://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?a=commit%3Bh=cf489d7bff3c1b36b2d5501ecf21129c78104d98
- www.videolan.orghttp://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWS
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200804-25http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml
- wiki.videolan.orghttp://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f
- www.securityfocus.com28904http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28904
- secunia.com29800http://secunia.com/advisories/29800
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:14445https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14445
- secunia.com29503http://secunia.com/advisories/29503
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214627#c3
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0985http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0985
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- vlc Fixed in 0.8.6.e-2.1
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-2.1
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-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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