PT-2008-5787 · Videolan · Vlc Media Player

Published 2008-10-14 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-4558

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 VLC media player version 0.9.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory and execute arbitrary code via an XSPF playlist file with a negative identifier tag, which passes a signed comparison. This can be exploited by using a specially crafted XSPF playlist file.

Recommendations For VLC media player version 0.9.2, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as the current version allows for arbitrary code execution via a crafted XSPF playlist file. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4558

Affected Products

Vlc Media Player

References · 14

• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/6756 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://coresecurity.com/content/vlc-xspf-memory-corruption · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/6756 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32267 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4558 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4558 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4558 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4558 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2826 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45869 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31758 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/497354/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14726 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4558 · Note