CVE-2008-3794

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-08-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

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 products

VideoLAN VLC: 0.8.6i

References

http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2008-August/048488.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-06.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4190
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/24/3
http://www.orange-bat.com/adv/2008/adv.08.24.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30806
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020759
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44659
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14531
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6293
http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2008-August/048488.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-06.xml

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