CVE-2008-0984 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The 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.

Published: 2008-02-26

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 27.2% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:miro:miro_player::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1543-1	New vlc packages fix several vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.27188.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060481.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29122
http://secunia.com/advisories/29153
http://secunia.com/advisories/29284
http://secunia.com/advisories/29766
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2147
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488841/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28007
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019510
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0802.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0682

History

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Subscriptions

Miro Miro Player

Videolan Vlc Media Player

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-02-26T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:01:40.120Z

Reserved: 2008-02-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-0984

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-02-26T19:44:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-0984

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-399

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