CVE-2008-0295
HIGH severity · CVSS 8.5 · Memory corruption
8.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)11%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28383Advisory
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcxhof-adv.txt
- 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