CVE-2008-1489
mediumpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.118 · 96 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Integer overflow in the MP4_ReadBox_rdrf function in libmp4.c for VLC 0.8.6e allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted MP4 RDRF box that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0984.
cvss
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weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-5498Kantaris 0.3.4 - SSA Subtitle Local Buffer Overflowfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (5)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (24)
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/29503enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29766enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29800enisa_euvd
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xmlenisa_euvd
- http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/09572892df7e72c0d4e598c0b5e076cf330d8b0aenisa_euvd
- http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6fenisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28433enisa_euvd
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