VLC before 0.8.6f allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Cinepak file that triggers an out-of-bounds arr…

published 2008-04-24 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-1769

cvss: 6.8; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 7.2%; EPSS 7.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

VLC before 0.8.6f allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Cinepak file that triggers an out-of-bounds array access and memory corruption.

Patch / fix

distros 1

vlc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.8.6.e-2.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1769

Timeline

2008-04-24 Published
2008-04-25 First public exploit (EDB-5498)

Exploit prediction

7.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-5498 Kantaris 0.3.4 - SSA Subtitle Local Buffer Overflow local, 2008-04-25

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

CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

security.gentoo.org /glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml
vendor-advisory
videolan.org /security/sa0803.php
git.videolan.org /gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?a=commit%3Bh=cf489d7bff3c1b36b2d5501ecf21129c78104d98
videolan.org /developers/vlc/NEWS
wiki.videolan.org /Changelog/0.8.6f
securityfocus.com /bid/28904
vdb-entry
secunia.com /advisories/29800
third-party-advisory
oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14445
vdb-entry, signature
secunia.com /advisories/29503
third-party-advisory
bugs.gentoo.org /show_bug.cgi?id=214627#c3
vupen.com /english/advisories/2008/0985
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2008-1769
NVD CVE-2008-1769

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Summary