THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-0295
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-0295

Vlc Media Player vulnerability

CVSS
8.5
EPSS
11.1%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Heap-based buffer overflow in modules/access/rtsp/real_sdpplin.c in the Xine library, as used in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6d and earlier, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via long Session Description Protocol (SDP) data.
Affected vendor
Videolan
Affected product
Vlc Media Player
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2008-01-16

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 11.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-0295

  • Confirm whether Videolan Vlc Media Player is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-0295.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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