CVE-2008-4654
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 57.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 57.5% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4634)
- Published
- October 22, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4634 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
- videolan / vlc media player
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(Vendor Advisory)
- 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(Exploit)
- http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0809.html(Vendor Advisory)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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