CVE-2008-1769
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 7.2%EU EUVD
VLC before 0.8.6f allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Cinepak file that triggers an out-of-bounds array access and memory corruption.
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-399
- EPSS score
- 7.2% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1769)
- Published
- April 25, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1769 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- videolan / vlc
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References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214627#c3
- http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?a=commit%3Bh=cf489d7bff3c1b36b2d5501ecf21129c78104d98
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29503
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29800
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml
- http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28904
- http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWS
- http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0803.php
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0985
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14445
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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