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CVE-2008-1768
Multiple integer overflows in VLC before 0.8.6f allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via the (1) MP4 demuxer, (2)…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 2.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 14% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple integer overflows in VLC before 0.8.6f allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via the (1) MP4 demuxer, (2) Real demuxer, and (3) Cinepak codec, which triggers a buffer overflow.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 12 days later
· 12 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0803.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 28903 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWS (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200804-25 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14412 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 29800 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29503 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0985 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-1768 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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