THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-3794
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2008-3794

Vlc Media Player vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
11.0%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Integer signedness error in the mms_ReceiveCommand function in modules/access/mms/mmstu.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6i allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted mmst link with a negative size value, which bypasses a size check and triggers an integer overflow followed by a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected vendor
Videolan
Affected product
Vlc Media Player
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2008-08-26

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 11.0% 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-2008-3794

  • 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-2008-3794.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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