CVE-2008-0296

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    CVE-2008-0296

    Published: 16 Jan 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Heap-based buffer overflow in the libaccess_realrtsp plugin in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6d and earlier on Windows might allow remote RTSP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long string.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/29284, http://secunia.com/advisories/29766, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0105, http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcxhof-adv.txt, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14597

    Affected packages

    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
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