CVE-2008-1489

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    CVE-2008-1489

    Published: 25 Mar 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Integer overflow in the MP4_ReadBox_rdrf function in libmp4.c for VLC 0.8.6e allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted MP4 RDRF box that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0984.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/29503, http://secunia.com/advisories/29766, http://secunia.com/advisories/29800, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0985, http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/09572892df7e72c0d4e598c0b5e076cf330d8b0a, http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28433, http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0803.php, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41412, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14841

    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