CVE-2008-4654

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 57.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-10-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

VideoLAN VLC: 0.9, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3, 0.9.4

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=502726
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fde9e1cc1fe1ec9635169fa071e42b3aa6436033
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=26d92b87bba99b5ea2e17b7eaa39c462d65e9133
http://secunia.com/advisories/32339
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4460
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/19/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497587/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31813
http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-010.txt
http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0809.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2856
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45960

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