CVE-2008-0984

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Published Feb 26, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 9.3 Critical EPSS 15.3% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

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

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

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

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 15.3% (15.284% probability within 30 days)

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

No history.

Subscriptions

Miro Miro Player

Videolan Vlc Media Player

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:01 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Feb 26, 2008, 7:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:01 AM
Reserved: Feb 26, 2008, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:50 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Feb 26, 2008, 7:44 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:50 PM

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