CVE-2008-2430
Integer overflow in the Open function in modules/demux/wav.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6h on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large fmt chunk in a WAV file.
02 Description
Integer overflow in the Open function in modules/demux/wav.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6h on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large fmt chunk in a WAV file.
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
- 5.87% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.0% 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
- 2008-07-07 23:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:58Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-05-27
- Assigning CNA
- flexera
- 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
- 352c44d7a43923841d23c0d8803f59a28203b50a001b28b5d06aea27e03e0207
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com31317http://secunia.com/advisories/31317
- securityreason.com3976http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3976
- www.securitytracker.com1020429http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020429
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200807-13http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-13.xml
- www.videolan.orghttp://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWS
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:14344https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14344
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1995http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1995/references
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:14769https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14769
- www.securityfocus.com20080702 Secunia Research: VLC Media Player WAV Processing Integer Overflowhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493849/100/0/threaded
- secunia.comhttp://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-29/advisory/
- secunia.com30601http://secunia.com/advisories/30601
- www.securityfocus.com30058http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30058
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- vlc Fixed in 0.8.6.h-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.h-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.h-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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