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CVE-2008-3794 (GCVE-0-2008-3794)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-08-26 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:53
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30806 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
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https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6293 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020759 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4190 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-06.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Date Public
2008-08-23 00:00
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            "url": "http://www.orange-bat.com/adv/2008/adv.08.24.txt"
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            "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30806"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020759"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44659"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
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            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
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            "description": [
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}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.


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