CVE-2008-4654
highpriority · attend · 67EPSS 0.575 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (8)
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- EDB-16629VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.9.4 - TiVo Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-6798VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.9.4 - '.TY' Local Stack Buffer Overflowfunctional · exploit_db
- EDB-6825VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.9.4 - '.ty' Local Buffer Overflow (SEH)functional · exploit_db
- exploit/windows/fileformat/videolan_tivoVideoLAN VLC TiVo Buffer Overflowfunctional · metasploit
affected products (6)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (26)
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- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=502726enisa_euvd
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fde9e1cc1fe1ec9635169fa071e42b3aa6436033enisa_euvd
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=26d92b87bba99b5ea2e17b7eaa39c462d65e9133enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32339enisa_euvd
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4460enisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/19/2enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497587/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31813enisa_euvd
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