CVE-2008-4558
Array index error in VLC media player 0.9.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory and execute arbitrary code via an XSPF…
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Description
Array index error in VLC media player 0.9.2 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.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.9.2 Media Player - XSPF Memory Corruption (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6756dos, windowspublished 14 Oct 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 6756 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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)
- 8.5% · top 4.9% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- 31758 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 6756 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14726 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vlc-xspf-memory-corruption (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 32267 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2826 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- vlc-parsetracknode-code-execution(45869) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20081014 CORE-2008-1010: VLC media player XSPF Memory Corruption (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2008-4539 (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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