CVE-2008-3794

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3794
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-08-26 15:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionInteger signedness error in the mms_ReceiveCommand function in modules/access/mms/mmstu.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6i allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted mmst link with a negative size value, which bypasses a size check and triggers an integer overflow followed by a heap-based buffer overflow.

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 Media Player 0.8.6i All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[vlc-devel] commit: MMS integers handling fixes, including buffer overflow ( Rémi Denis-Courmont ) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mailman.videolan.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6i - Mms Protocol Handling Heap Overflow (PoC) - Multiple dos Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
oss-security - Re: CVE id request: vlc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
SecurityReason - VLC 0.8.6i MMS Protocol Handling Heap Overflow PoC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
VLC Media Player Heap Overflow in MMS Protocol Handling Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
VLC Media Player 'mmstu.c' MMS Protocol Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.orange-bat.com/adv/2008/adv.08.24.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.orange-bat.com Exploit
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