CVE-2008-4686

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-10-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

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.

Affected products

VideoLAN VLC: 0.9.0, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3, 0.9.4

References

http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d859e6b9537af2d7326276f70de25a840f554dc3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/19/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31867
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14630
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d859e6b9537af2d7326276f70de25a840f554dc3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/19/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31867
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14630

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