CVE-2008-3732 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 13.4% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Integer overflow in the Open function in modules/demux/tta.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TTA file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 13.43% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-189 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-08-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| videolan | vlc media player |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6i - '.tta' File Parsing Heap Overflow (PoC) | 2008-08-16 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31512
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-06.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4170
- http://www.orange-bat.com/adv/2008/adv.08.16.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30718
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2394
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44510
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14570
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6252
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31512
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-06.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4170
- http://www.orange-bat.com/adv/2008/adv.08.16.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30718
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2394
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44510
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14570
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6252
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