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    CVE-2008-0295

    Heap-based buffer overflow in modules/access/rtsp/real_sdpplin.c in the Xine library, as used in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6d and earlier, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via long Session Description Protocol (SDP) data.

    Published:Jan 16, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Jan 16, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.32938
    CVSS Score:8.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Videolan
    Product
    Vlc Media Player

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5498

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2026-73324 (CVSS 6.9) — VLC media player copies an RTSP response line into a fixed buffer without guaranteeing termination and then tr…
    CVE-2026-56711 (CVSS 8.6) — VLC media player computes the size of a picture buffer with 32-bit arithmetic and allocates from the wrapped r…
    CVE-2025-51602 (CVSS 4.8) — mmstu.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 3.0.22 allows an out-of-bounds read and denial of service via a cr…
    CVE-2024-46461 (CVSS 8) — VLC media player 3.0.20 and earlier is vulnerable to denial of service through an integer overflow which could…
    CVE-2023-46814 (CVSS 7.8) — A binary hijacking vulnerability exists within the VideoLAN VLC media player before 3.0.19 on Windows. The uni…
    CVE-2023-47359 (CVSS 9.8) — Videolan VLC prior to version 3.0.20 contains an incorrect offset read that leads to a Heap-Based Buffer Overf…
    CVE-2023-47360 (CVSS 7.5) — Videolan VLC prior to version 3.0.20 contains an Integer underflow that leads to an incorrect packet length.…
    CVE-2022-41325 (CVSS 7.8) — An integer overflow in the VNC module in VideoLAN VLC Media Player through 3.0.17.4 allows attackers, by trick…
    CVE-2021-25804 (CVSS 7.5) — A NULL-pointer dereference in "Open" in avi.c of VideoLAN VLC Media Player 3.0.11 can a denial of service (DOS…
    CVE-2021-25803 (CVSS 7.1) — A buffer overflow vulnerability in the vlc_input_attachment_New component of VideoLAN VLC Media Player 3.0.11 …

    References

    http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcxhof-adv.txt
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28383
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29284
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29766
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27221
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0105
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14776
    http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcxhof-adv.txt
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28383
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29284
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29766
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27221
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0105
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14776

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High