CVE-2008-3732
Integer overflow in the Open function in modules/demux/tta.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 13.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Integer overflow in the Open function in modules/demux/tta.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TTA file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6i - '.tta' File Parsing Heap Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6252dos, multiplepublished 16 Aug 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 6252 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.4% · top 3.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14570 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 6252 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 30718 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 31512 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.orange-bat.com/adv/2008/adv.08.16.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- vlc-mediaplayer-open-bo(44510) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- GLSA-200809-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 4170 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2394 (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-2008-3718 (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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