CVE-2008-1489

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1489
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-03-25 00:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the MP4_ReadBox_rdrf function in libmp4.c for VLC 0.8.6e allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted MP4 RDRF box that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0984.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Videolan Vlc 0.8.6e All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
VideoLAN Security Advisory 0803 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.videolan.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1543-1 vlc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
VLC: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Changelog/0.8.6f - VideoLAN Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.videolan.org
VLC Media Player 'MP4_ReadBox_rdrf()' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo update for vlc - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
VLC Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
VideoLAN's Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.videolan.org Exploit
Debian update for vlc - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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