CVE-2008-3794

Description

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.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6293

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14531

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44659

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020759

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30806

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/24/3

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4190

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-06.xml

http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/2008-August/048488.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3