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medium 6.8

CVE-2008-3794 json

Integer signedness error in the mms_ReceiveCommand function in modules/access/mms/mmstu.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6i allows remote attacker…

published 2008-08-26 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-3780

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
11.0%
EPSS 11.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Integer signedness error in the mms_ReceiveCommand function in modules/access/mms/mmstu.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6i allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted mmst link with a negative size value, which bypasses a size check and triggers an integer overflow followed by a heap-based buffer overflow.

Patch / fix

  • vlc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.8.6.h-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3794

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-6293)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

11.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-6293 VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6i - Mms Protocol Handling Heap Overflow (PoC) dos, 2008-08-23
  • orange-bat.com http://www.orange-bat.com/adv/2008/adv.08.24.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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