PT-2008-1146 · Videolan · Videolan Vlc

Published 2008-04-12 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2008-1768

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VideoLAN VLC versions prior to 0.8.6f

Description The issue is related to multiple integer overflows in the VideoLAN VLC media player, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (crash). This is achieved through the MP4 demuxer, Real demuxer, and Cinepak codec, triggering a buffer overflow.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.8.6f, update to version 0.8.6f or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the MP4 demuxer, Real demuxer, and Cinepak codec until a patch is available.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-03967

CVE-2008-1768

DSA-1819-1

DTSA-125-1

Affected Products

Videolan Vlc

References · 19

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1768 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1768 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=44892734 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1819.en.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1768 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-03967 · Security Note
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-1768 · Vendor Advisory
• https://videolan.org/security/sa0803.php · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29800 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14412 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1768 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28903 · Note
• http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f · Note
• https://cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2008-1768 · Note