CVE-2008-0984 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

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 0.26592.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Miro	Miro Player
Videolan	Vlc Media Player

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Advisories

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

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

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

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

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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