CVE-2008-4654
Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_master function in the Ty demux plugin (modules/demux/ty.c) in VLC Media Player 0.9.0 through…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 57.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_master function in the Ty demux plugin (modules/demux/ty.c) in VLC Media Player 0.9.0 through 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TiVo TY media file with a header containing a crafted size value.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- VideoLAN VLC TiVo Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/fileformat/videolan_tivoRank gooddisclosed 22 Oct 2008
Exploit-DB3 entries
- VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.9.4 - TiVo Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16629local, windowspublished 2 Feb 2011Verified
- VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.9.4 - '.ty' Local Buffer Overflow (SEH) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6825local, windowspublished 23 Oct 2008Verified
- VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.9.4 - '.TY' Local Stack Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6798local, windowspublished 21 Oct 2008Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 57.5% · top 0.9% 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
13
- ADV-2008-2856 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14803 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fde9e1cc1fe1ec9635169fa071e42b3aa6436033 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32339 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-010.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=26d92b87bba99b5ea2e17b7eaa39c462d65e9133 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20081019 CVE id request: vlc (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 31813 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0809.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 4460 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- vlcmediaplayer-ty-bo(45960) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20081020 [TKADV2008-010] VLC media player TiVo ty Processing Stack Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=502726 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2008-4634 (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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