CVE-2008-0984 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 15.3% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The MP4 demuxer (mp4.c) for VLC media player 0.8.6d and earlier, as used in Miro Player 1.1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory and execute arbitrary code via a malformed MP4 file.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 15.28% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-399 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-02-26 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| miro | miro player |
| videolan | vlc media player |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Kantaris 0.3.4 - SSA Subtitle Local Buffer Overflow | 2008-04-25 |
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060481.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29122
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29153
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29284
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29766
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2147
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488841/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28007
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019510
- http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0802.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0682
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060481.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29122
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29153
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29284
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29766
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2147
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543
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