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CVE-2008-4686

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-189 Numeric Errors
Publication date:
22/10/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Multiple integer overflows in ty.c in the TY demux plugin (aka the TiVo demuxer) in VideoLAN VLC media player, probably 0.9.4, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .ty file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4654.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
9.30
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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