CVE-2008-1489
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 11.8%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in the MP4_ReadBox_rdrf function in libmp4.c for VLC 0.8.6e allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted MP4 RDRF box that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0984.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 11.8% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1491)
- Published
- March 25, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1491 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- videolan / vlc
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29503
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29766
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29800
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml
- http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/09572892df7e72c0d4e598c0b5e076cf330d8b0a(Exploit)
- http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28433
- http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0803.php
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0985
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41412
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14841
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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