CVE-2008-2430

high

Description

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14769

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14344

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1995/references

http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWS

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020429

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30058

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493849/100/0/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3976

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-13.xml

http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-29/advisory/

http://secunia.com/advisories/31317

http://secunia.com/advisories/30601

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-07-07

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H