CVE-2008-2430
HIGH severity · CVSS 9.3 · CWE-189
9.3CVSS HIGH
Summary
Integer overflow in the Open function in modules/demux/wav.c in VLC Media Player 0.8.6h on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large fmt chunk in a WAV file.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)6%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/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/30601Advisory
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-29/advisory/Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31317
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-13.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3976
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493849/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30058
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020429