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    CVE-2008-1769

    VLC before 0.8.6f allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Cinepak file that triggers an out-of-bounds array access and memory corruption.

    Published:Apr 24, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Apr 24, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.26634
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Videolan
    Product
    Vlc

    Exploits

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

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    CVE-2008-2147 (CVSS 4.6) — Untrusted search path vulnerability in VideoLAN VLC before 0.9.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code …
    CVE-2008-1768 (CVSS 6.8) — Multiple integer overflows in VLC before 0.8.6f allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) vi…
    CVE-2008-1881 (CVSS 6.8) — Stack-based buffer overflow in the ParseSSA function (modules/demux/subtitle.c) in VLC 0.8.6e allows remote at…
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    References

    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214627#c3
    http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?a=commit%3Bh=cf489d7bff3c1b36b2d5501ecf21129c78104d98
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29503
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29800
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml
    http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28904
    http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWS
    http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0803.php
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0985
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14445
    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214627#c3
    http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?a=commit%3Bh=cf489d7bff3c1b36b2d5501ecf21129c78104d98
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29503
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29800
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml
    http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28904
    http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWS
    http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0803.php
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0985
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14445

    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