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Critical
CVE-2008-0296
Heap-based buffer overflow in the libaccess_realrtsp plugin in VideoLAN VLC...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0105
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29284
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1543
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vlcxhof-adv.txt
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14597
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29766
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-13.xml
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
vlc media player
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 16th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.