CVE-2008-2430

Integer overflow in the Open function in modules/demux/wav.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6h on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large fmt chunk in a WAV file.

Score

CVSS 2.0 9.3 Critical

Status

Modified - PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com

Published

2008-07-07

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-189

Affected products

• Vlc Media Player (Videolan)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/30601
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31317
• http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-29/advisory/
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-13.xml
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3976
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493849/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30058
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020429
• http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWS
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1995/references
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14344
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14769