CVE-2008-0984

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-0984
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-02-26 19:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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 malformed MP4 file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Miro Miro Player All All All All
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VideoLAN VLC Media Player MP4 Demuxer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Miro MP4 Demuxer Arbitrary Memory Overwrite - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
VideoLAN Security Advisory 0802 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.videolan.org Patch
VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Core Security | Cyber Threat Prevention & Identity Governance af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.coresecurity.com
VLC Media Player MP4 Demuxer Arbitrary Memory Overwrite - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1543-1 vlc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[Full-disclosure] [ MDVSA-2008:052 ] - Updated cacti packages fix multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk
Gentoo update for vlc - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
VLC Media Player MPEG-4 Demuxer Memory Corruption Flaw Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Debian update for vlc - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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