CVE-2008-1489

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1489
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-03-25 00:44:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-29 01:30:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Videolan Vlc 0.8.6e All All All
Application Videolan Vlc 0.8.6e All All All

References

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