CVE-2008-3794

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6i - Mms Protocol Handling Heap Overflow (PoC)2008-08-23 · dos · multiple · Verified

Impact

Integer signedness error in the mms_ReceiveCommand function in modules/access/mms/mmstu.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6i allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted mmst link with a negative size value, which bypasses a size check and triggers an integer overflow followed by a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2008-August/048488.html
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-06.xml
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4190
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/24/3
• http://www.orange-bat.com/adv/2008/adv.08.24.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30806
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020759
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44659
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14531
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6293
• http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2008-August/048488.html
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-06.xml
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4190
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/24/3
• http://www.orange-bat.com/adv/2008/adv.08.24.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30806
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020759
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44659
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14531
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6293