CVE-2008-4558

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-10-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Array index error in VLC media player 0.9.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory and execute arbitrary code via an XSPF playlist file with a negative identifier tag, which passes a signed comparison.

Affected products

VideoLAN VLC: 0.9.2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32267
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vlc-xspf-memory-corruption
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6756
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497354/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31758
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2826
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45869
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14726
http://secunia.com/advisories/32267
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vlc-xspf-memory-corruption
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6756
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497354/100/0/threaded

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