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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6i (Multimedia Player Software). Affected by this issue is the function mms_ReceiveCommand of the component Media Player. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was released 08/26/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-3794. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 39451 (Debian DSA-1819-1 : vlc - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115894 (VLC Media Player Multiple overflows in VLC demuxers).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44659) and Tenable (39451). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 3798, 42112, 42111 and 42058.

Productinfo

Type

• Multimedia Player Software

Vendor

• VideoLAN

Name

• VLC Media Player

Version

• 0.8.6i

License

• open-source

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 39451
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1819-1 : vlc - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 64255
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1819-1 (vlc)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/24/2008 🔍
08/26/2008 +1 days 🔍
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09/18/2008 +23 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2371 days 🔍
08/02/2021 +2330 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: videolan.org

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-3794 (🔍)
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X-Force: 44659
Vulnerability Center: 19474 - VLC Media Player 0.8.6i Integer Signedness Error Allows Remote Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 30806 - VLC Media Player 'mmstu.c' MMS Protocol Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/02/2021 07:10
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (61), 05/06/2019 07:11 (9), 08/02/2021 06:58 (3), 08/02/2021 07:10 (1)
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