CVE-2008-4654 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 57.5% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 57.55% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-10-22 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| videolan | vlc media player |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.9.4 - TiVo Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) | 2011-02-02 |
| exploit-db | VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.9.4 - '.ty' Local Buffer Overflow (SEH) | 2008-10-23 |
| exploit-db | VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.9.4 - '.TY' Local Stack Buffer Overflow | 2008-10-21 |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=502726
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fde9e1cc1fe1ec9635169fa071e42b3aa6436033
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=26d92b87bba99b5ea2e17b7eaa39c462d65e9133
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32339
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4460
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/19/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497587/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31813
- http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-010.txt
- http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0809.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2856
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45960
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14803
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=502726
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fde9e1cc1fe1ec9635169fa071e42b3aa6436033
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=26d92b87bba99b5ea2e17b7eaa39c462d65e9133
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32339
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4460
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/19/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497587/100/0/threaded
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