National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-1769

Overview

VLC before 0.8.6f allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Cinepak file that triggers an out-of-bounds array access and memory corruption.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-0985

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0985

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200804-25

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-25.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29503

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29503

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14445

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14445

External Source: MISC

Name: http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?a=commit;h=cf489d7bff3c1b36b2d5501ecf21129c78104d98

Hyperlink:http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?a=commit;h=cf489d7bff3c1b36b2d5501ecf21129c78104d98

External Source: MISC

Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214627#c3

Hyperlink:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214627#c3

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0803.php

Hyperlink:http://www.videolan.org/security/sa0803.php

External Source: CONFIRM

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

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

External Source: BID

Name: 28904

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28904

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f

Hyperlink:http://wiki.videolan.org/Changelog/0.8.6f

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29800

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29800

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14445

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14445