CVE-2008-0984

Description

The MP4 demuxer (mp4.c) for VLC media player 0.8.6d and earlier, as used in Miro Player 1.1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory and execute arbitrary code via a malformed MP4 file.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 26.59% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/29122 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29284 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29153 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0802.html patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28007 vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019510 vdb entry
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060481.html mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488841/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/29766 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0682 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2147
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-0984?
CVE-2008-0984 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-0984?
To fix CVE-2008-0984, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-0984 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-0984 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~27% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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