CVE-2008-4686
highpriority · attend · 50EPSS 0.099 · 96 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Multiple integer overflows in ty.c in the TY demux plugin (aka the TiVo demuxer) in VideoLAN VLC media player, probably 0.9.4, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .ty file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4654.
cvss
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weaknesses
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exploits (2)
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- 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
affected products (11)
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also known as (3)
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references (10)
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- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d859e6b9537af2d7326276f70de25a840f554dc3enisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/19/2enisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/6enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31867enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14630enisa_euvd
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d859e6b9537af2d7326276f70de25a840f554dc3nvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/19/2nvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/6nvd
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